Originally Posted by
Pace
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Please explain to me why my Citations 500 550 560 all have to be flown with 2 crew ? Yes even the baby 500 I used to fly was stipulated 2 crew and the 501SP and 551SP Have to be flown below 12500 IBS making the 551SP a useless piece of junk as far as carrying anyone or going any distance.
They are easy to fly, have straight wings and are slow?
Yet this pocket rocket weighing 18000 IBS with swept wings a speed 100 KTS Faster, a cruise at FL450 and a multitude of seating capacity is SP?
There is no sense to some of the certification. Maybe I am having a gripe more at the certification process and the power certain manufactures have of getting their way. I too spent 3000 hours flying numerous twin piston single pilot in all the **** low down and found that harder than some of these slowtations
Having said that had I been in the right seat of this 300 or any other half competent pilot this accident ( sorry not accident) would have 100% not happened
In the final analysis, I agree with Pace.