If you want to fly a "Man's Airplane", try flying very loud aircraft with large, complex radial engines and ancient flight instruments, mostly from the 1940s or 50s, over forest fires in the western mountains.
The younger generation seems to think that planes with no FMC are macho planes.
One of our First Officers was an Instructor Pilot several years ago in San Jose dos Campos, Brasil, after he retired from the Navy. He instructed pilots from various countries.
Isn't S.J. where the simulators are? Do the Embraer jets have good APU bleed air? This is the most important thing with summer time operations, unless you are fortunate to work in a cooler/dryer climate than here.
