Air Canada's Embraer ERJ-175

Gurundu the Rat · Post by **Gurundu the Rat** » Mon Sep 19, 2005 2:51 pm

Not gonna work. Makes too much sense.

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:25 pm

So what's THIS thing now??

I can see that 3000 hours on the 99 is going help me out a lot on this thing...

Gurundu the Rat · Post by **Gurundu the Rat** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 3:30 pm

That is a touch pad to move the mouse kinda like on a laptop. Have fun.

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Fri Oct 28, 2005 8:20 pm

My GOD it's a computer with wings!!

abc xyz · Post by **abc xyz** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 2:53 am

hey gelbisch better start exercising that typing finger of yours. only 9 more sleeps for ya till the big day.

split s · Post by **split s** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 9:35 am

That is also how my daughter measures time as well! Three more sleeps until halloween!

Gurundu the Rat · Post by **Gurundu the Rat** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 10:08 am

My GOD it's a computer with wings!!

You didn't actually think you would be flying it did you? You're a programmer now, congrats!

abc xyz · Post by **abc xyz** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 3:39 pm

split s wrote:That is also how my daughter measures time as well! Three more sleeps until halloween!

smart girl - probably knows how many sleeps to christmas and more importantly how man sleeps until daddy buys her a car after her 16th birthday.

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Sat Oct 29, 2005 11:53 pm

Gelbisch

It is called a CCD. The three little buttons let you select either your PFD, MFD or EICAS displays. Once you have selected the desired display, you can select what information you want.

If you have an electrical problem, for instance. You can bring up a schematic of the electrical system in its current status.

You can select your wx radar, TCAS, and various other information sources. You can use it as an alternative method of tuning your radios as well.

J.S

gelbisch · Post by **gelbisch** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:01 am

Thanks, Jaques. What does CCD stand for?

Trevor Corey · Post by **Trevor Corey** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:27 am

Yes.... that was quite the complex FMS in the 99.

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:54 am

Gelbisch

CCD stands for "Cursor Control Device"

Check your PM's

J.S

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 11:04 am

Study hard and stay away from the champaign room you guys. Many AC new hires have dumped alot of $$ there.

rightsideup · Post by **rightsideup** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:08 pm

tonysoprano wrote:Study hard and stay away from the champaign room you guys. Many AC new hires have dumped alot of $$ there.

So where is the champaign room ... just to make sure we stay away.

tonysoprano · Post by **tonysoprano** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 1:35 pm

Conveniently located next to one of the airport's finest eateries, Arizona's.

EI-EIO · Post by **EI-EIO** » Wed Nov 02, 2005 8:40 pm

Re: the 175s. A few pages back a rumour was asked about - that the rampers disliked the 175 due height of the cargo door compared to the 705. Nobody answered this - any word?

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:09 am

This is true

The ramp guys don't like it because they have to bend over or stand on their knees when in the hold. It is very low in there to accomodate 6'7" headroom in the cabin.

Not to insult the rampies but I don't think their needs ranked very high on the list of design features.

Gurundu the Rat · Post by **Gurundu the Rat** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 3:39 pm

WARNING This may or may not be true but I love a good rumor anyways.

Someone mentioned to me the E175s are burning a lot more fuel than advertised (23%more). This is 2nd hand info, can anyone confirm this? Also heard air quality is bad and that the air filters need to be changed every 50 hours. This person also told me the crews are feeling more fatigued after flying it all day due to the air problems. Can someone that actually flys it confirm or deny this? They also said E190s will be delayed, not sure but something to do with operating costs being high. I'm thinking it probably has more to do with training issues. (If true)

So can anyone bust these rumors?

Jaques Strappe · Post by **Jaques Strappe** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 4:55 pm

Gurundu

I haven't heard or experienced any of those issues. If the vnav is not used properly, I can see a fuel burn increase happening but that is just bad airmanship.

I am showing 190's on my December schedule. YOW-FLL and YOW-MCO

Air quality is fine and all the passengers are very complimentary about the airplane as they disembark.

The only real issue that pisses me off about this aircraft is that you cannot leave it powered up and walk away. You want to go into the terminal to grab a bite, you have to do a termination. Subsequently, it is always being " re booted ".

The APU does not have automatic fire protection on the ground and if the GPU is being used, then the Batts must be on which exposes them to the risk of discharge should the GPU go offline. For the life of me, I can't understand why they designed it this way. If you put the airplane on ground services, the flight deck still goes dark, you can't even keep essentials powered up.

Gurundu the Rat · Post by **Gurundu the Rat** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:53 pm

Well, good to know most of what I heard was BS. I don't know who comes up with this stuff sometimes. Thanks for setting the record straight.

GTR