Pe@rson From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2001, 16659 posts, RR: 59 Posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1055 times:
If you were a commerical pilot, which of the following would you prefer? Please note that this is just for fun and so don't consider pay or things like that.
Would you prefer to:
1) Fly a small aircraft (a regional jet or a prop) into big airports; or
2) Fly a medium/big aircraft into small airports.
THOSE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS!
I would certainly prefer 2), as I'd find it exciting flying, say, a 738 into small airports much more exciting than being just another plane at a big airport.
XJRamper From United States, joined Dec 2003, 2086 posts, RR: 54 Reply 1, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 1007 times:
I would choose option #2 cause a couple of years ago when NW had a few of their 747-2/400 in there as well as a DC-10 and a handful of 757s and the DC-9s. That would have been fun flying into TOL in those aircraft than my little C172...heavy
MD11LuxuryLinr From United States, joined Jul 2003, 1385 posts, RR: 25 Reply 4, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 5 hours ago) and read 958 times:
Yep.. Option 2 for me also. Sounds more exciting, of course. I can only imagine the thrill of being behind the controls of an aluminum titanic and flying it into a facility that wasn't necessarily designed for it. Short runways, mountainous terrains, reef runways.. Plus, the attention received because its one of the biggest aircraft around..
Caution wake turbulence, you are following a heavy jet.
SK973 From Sweden, joined Mar 2004, 327 posts, RR: 8 Reply 5, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 912 times:
Definately Option #2 for me after being a passenger on a full Thai A300-600 landing at the small airport of Hat-Yai where it seemed arrestor hooks might be needed to stop the plane from overrunning! LOL
Pe@rson From United Kingdom (England), joined Jan 2001, 16659 posts, RR: 59 Reply 7, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 4 hours ago) and read 873 times:
I'll let you have that, FJWH, as English isn't your first language, so I wasn't really expecting you to understand the warning: "THESE ARE THE ONLY OPTIONS." LOL. Just kidding.
WakeTurbulence From United States, joined Apr 2004, 1163 posts, RR: 20 Reply 9, posted (5 years 2 months 2 weeks 5 days 2 hours ago) and read 800 times:
For sure option 2. I love watching a/c come into SNA and BUR all the time. It looks so exciting, even though it probably isn't that much different from a larger airport. Still looks fun though.
-Matt
A340600 From United Kingdom (England), joined Aug 2003, 3976 posts, RR: 59 Reply 16, posted (5 years 2 months 1 week 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 572 times:
Option 2, nothing beats full thrust reverse, speed brakes and a nice bit of clean hard braking
MD11lover From Switzerland, joined Oct 2003, 444 posts, RR: 1 Reply 19, posted (5 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 21 hours ago) and read 444 times:
I really like the thought of both options. I always think it would be neat to fly a UA Express Brasilia into SFO, but yet again, how about flying a 330 into RTB? Eurofly operates flights from Italy to RTB during the summer. The airport is practically on an island and all the other a/c are ATRs, Let, Otters..etc.
Kennedy1 From United States, joined Jul 2004, 76 posts, RR: 0 Reply 20, posted (5 years 1 month 4 weeks 1 day 13 hours ago) and read 431 times:
I'd choose something like a BBJ just for the bizjet factor into a smaller airport. Small town people are usually very interested in bizjets and catch a lot of attention. To people who see old single piston planes all day, a 737 BBJ is going to be big to them!
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