MD80 Flying Impressions
Hi Guys,
It's my first post so be gentle! I have just accepted a job that will have me flying MD80's and I am looking to get feedback from some veteran MD80 pilots on their impressions flying the aircraft. I have been flying CRJ-100/200 for the past 4 and a half years and I cannot say I have enjoyed hand flying this aircraft at all. I guess I'm wondering if the MD80, also being a T-tail, is just as twitchy/unforgiving or awful to hand fly? Also wondering what I can expect for noise levels in the flight deck, I imagine it's quieter than the CRJ?? The outfit I will be flying for flies a mix of analog and EFIS aircraft, either upgraded with a Marconi FMS/GPS or the factory installed FMS (Smiths?). So any thoughts you may have on the difficulty switching between the lot on a typical flying day would be appreciated, I've only flown fleets of identically configured aircraft thus far!
Thank you for your time and regards,
Matt