Wanted to book a flight, but saw that it would be on an Embraer 145. I always look at the seating chart and noticed how small the plane was. I recently flew in an 175 and enjoyed it, but the 145 makes my palms sweat. Anyone have some advice for me?
Hey guys!
So it looks like my trusty A20's control box developed an annoying problem where the ANR shuts off when it suffers a light tap. The top part of the headset is original from 2013 and I did the Bluetooth upgrade in 2017 so the warranty is still good to go and I'll probably get another control box.
At the same time, I'm thinking I could also get a new headset as well and I was looking at the Bose Proflight. How well does the Proflight work in the Embraer 145 that I'm currently flying? I haven't seen any reviews from any other Jungle Jet pilot. For those of you that don't know, the Embraer 145 flight deck is really, really, really loud at cruise. Most pilots at my company use the A20s for that reason. I'll be using the warranty to fix my A20 anyways, but I was thinking of getting something a bit lighter as well.
What do you guys think? Should I get the Proflight and use it on the 145 or get it when I'm on a quieter plane?
So a little background, I do have my ratings, but I work as a ramper for a major airline at O'Hare and do volunteer for deicing for the winter.
Last year, I was out spraying planes in the gate, mostly regionals, that had picked up a little rime ice. Fairly easy, but busy day, go to the plane, spray a little, move on. I was using maybe 50 gallons of Type I per plane it was that easy.
We get dispatched to another plane, a 145, and arrive to see it's flaps are down. Usual sign that they want a flap inspection, maybe they picked something up on landing. My driver hops out for the inspection and I wait in the upper cab. Meanwhile, the FO comes out and hops in the truck to talk to me. He said that the previous crew had picked up nearly an inch of ice on the flaps, thick enough that they couldn't even raise the flaps up! My partner confirmed this and ended up dousing this plane with fluid and calling in another truck for the assist. We managed to clean it off and it went on it's way. He even joked that we thought the plane was flying 10 feet above Lake Michigan to pick up that much.
My question is, if by some chance this plane had to go around on landing, after picking up all that ice, how much of an issue would that have been?
I mean it is possible that the combined force of the hydraulics and airflow might have broken the ice. And I know a plane can keep flying with it's flaps and gear down, just not very efficiently.
