Isnt the Dash 8 is quite a manual aircraft compared to most modern jets that cadets usually go into? How do the guys who fly them think the lower time cadets will go. I am not trying to give these guys a hard time, just wondering.
Do you think the travelling public will care/know that low hour guys are up the front?
bullamakanka, if the dash8 is considered a 'manual' aircraft then i hate to think what the likes of the metro, jetstream etc are. Sure, it doesn't have the systems and autopilot of a modern jet but it certainly does have a very good autopilot system, arguably the best feature of the aircraft (especially in the ancient -100's). I have a lot of respect for the guys that fly around in the metros and the like without having so much as a wing leveller and considering MANY cadets can handle that with no problem i see no issues with the dash. As for the travelling public, considering most of the flights i'm on the passengers are out in noddy-land very quickly they either don't know or don't care, i'll assume the latter.
Cheers.
