Things I’ve learned as a captain after a month

We were forbidden to power back, in the turboprops to the CRJs. Company policy. Not that a few didn't try. :)
 
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Ted DuPuis said:
@Anymouse I'm sure can tell me how to do it better since he's got a few thousand hours more TPE-331 time than I do.
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It's been well over six years since I've flown the Casa. However, typically, by the time I would land, get off the runway, taxi and was ready to flip the switches, the required time was up.
 
JC150 said:
We also have a 2 minute cool down. I see people using idle reverse all the time, never heard of it being an issue until now. I will say one time, a CRJ-200 in the block was trying to get around an B737-800 which was also in the block. They went into reverse and powered back to get around it... Now I can see multiple issues there
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I suspect that even with idle reverse you've got some impact on secondary airflow which can affect cooling. But it's been a few years.

Anymouse said:
It's been well over six years since I've flown the Casa. However, typically, by the time I would land, get off the runway, taxi and was ready to flip the switches, the required time was up.
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It's been that long? Man, time flies.

It's pretty normal for the airports I frequent to have FBOs right where I turn off the runway, so essentially no taxi back. Hence I take my time for those.
 
jordane93 said:
Lately I’ve added to my briefs to wait until I call for a checklist to run it. I know some captains don’t care but like I said in my other post, if they start running a checklist without me calling for it, it throws me off my tempo. I understand why some of them run the checklist on their own though.
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Pilots definitely have different speeds that they find comfortable. Since you are a new captain, having a slow tempo is good and understandable. Some people speed up after they get more experience. For others, the speed they work is just part of who they are.
 
Everskyward said:
Pilots definitely have different speeds that they find comfortable. Since you are a new captain, having a slow tempo is good and understandable. Some people speed up after they get more experience. For others, the speed they work is just part of who they are.
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Definitely. And some people rush just to rush. After one of the FOs missed an item on the before takeoff checklist, I told him to slow things down. We have plenty of time.
 
mscard88 said:
We were forbidden to power back, in the turboprops to the CRJs. Company policy. Not that a few didn't try. :)
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We used to power back with pax as SOP in the Dash 7 in BOS and DCA. We also used to power back to park at our MX base in the ATR and J-31.
 
jordane93 said:
Ignition continuously fires to prevent a flameout. We have to turn it on under certain conditions like going through moderate precip, ATIS reporting windshear, etc.
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Ah. I think I get it. Not just relying on compression making the air hot enough to light the fuel off?? What is it, a giant spark plug?
 
luvflyin said:
Ah. I think I get it. Not just relying on compression making the air hot enough to light the fuel off?? What is it, a giant spark plug?
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Sudden changes in the intake air available (like a wind shear event) could cause the engine to flameout. In this case, having the ignition running should cause it to fire right back up (or prevent a total flameout in the first place)
 
I would think FOD could become more of an issue using reverse at low speed. I have personally seen a jet do some damage to its engines by using reverse on a sanded runway.
 
midwestpa24 said:
I would think FOD could become more of an issue using reverse at low speed. I have personally seen a jet do some damage to its engines by using reverse on a sanded runway.
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My thoughts as well. You risk blowing FOD from the runway up into the air in front of the aircraft, where it can be sucked in. Above a certain airspeed, this is not an issue.
 
midwestpa24 said:
I would think FOD could become more of an issue using reverse at low speed. I have personally seen a jet do some damage to its engines by using reverse on a sanded runway.
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Depends on how much reverse thrust. If you’re at idle reverse you shouldn’t pick up anything really. We have a limitation of max reverse thrust down to 75 kts.
 
luvflyin said:
Ah. I think I get it. Not just relying on compression making the air hot enough to light the fuel off?? What is it, a giant spark plug?
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A jet engine doesn't work like that. The flame is continuous. There are no "cycles". The incoming fuel ignites because there is already a fire burning in the combustion chamber(s). The igniters are used to start the engine and, as a precaution, in situations where you might get a flame-out and would need the igniters to restart the combustion.
 
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CC268 said:
You guys really fly with that many a holes lol?
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No. In all my years as an FO, I only ever flew with one guy who I would say was an a-hole. There were maybe a handful of others who were maybe jerks, and I’d rather not fly with them, but not enough to actively avoid their trips. The a-hole... I would refuse to fly with him again.
Dave Theisen said:
If you haven’t flown with an A hole, then you are one. :)
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In the AF, we would say that there’s an a-hole in every cockpit. If you can’t figure out who it is... it’s you. (This rule also applies in the fighter world. ;) )
 
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