I happen to drive it now.
a really nice toy. not that quiet as I expected to be at Flight Deck - anyway it's slightly worse than 737.
handling- well, it is a fly - by-wire device and it behaves strange to me from time to time , still safe though. it is like a 0 -1 inputs way of autoflying during some stages of flight ( i.e. LOC capture ) and funny robot-like moves when bank is to be increased.
some performance data:
M 0.82
FL410 which is ,honestly, used ocasionally 'cause it is pretty hard to get so high even when half loaded ( 30 tons vs 36 MTOW , more less as it is too late to look for detailed data in the book for E170 and 32 vs 39 tons for E175).
on general there were plenty of software problems with SHE but it is long since fixed - at least it seems so to me.
for the time being - You would find it interesting to operate . there are some really pilot friendly devices on board.
nav/com freqs entered directly from keypad etc.
the most modern cockpit in the airline industry so far.( I know G V VII etc....- but they are all bussiness to me not the airline gear)
hope this helps as it is too late for me to write more about.
Last edited by chasing767; 14th June 2007 at 08:20.