New Second Officer at MSP

Please join me in congratulating Terry Garner on his (belated) promotion to Second Officer. Terry passed the 60 Hr mark some time ago, but it seems his Hub Manager was asleep at the switch (again). You guys just gotta quit flying so much; "senior management" (and, boy, I'm senior) can't seem to keep up.

Good going Terry. Let's see if I can catch the next one.

Mike Daugherty
MSP Hub Manager

Congrats Terry,

Yes, it's great to have the additional variety of aircraft to fly. Surprisingly I find myself often back in the smaller planes for low and slow flights where I can actually see the scenery. Still, it's nice to have the choice.

Choosing some earlier vintage aircraft that are in your category can be fun to fly because they aren't equipped with the mounted GPS - not available back then, so you have to fly VOR to VOR like Mike and I have been doing with the bush aircraft recently.

These other planes, like the DC-9 which would be Cat-3, fly much faster than the bush planes, making it even more challenging to juggle your navigational duties, but it's great fun to see your airport appear without following a GPS line all the way. This is especially true in IFR condition when flying a DME approach plate. It's hard to trust that chart when you can't see out your window and have to go by faith in your instruments that at x distance from y VOR you can descend to z altitude without running into anything .<br /><br /><!-- editby --><br /><br /><em>edited by: jer029, Mar 05, 2016 - 06:57 AM</em><!-- end editby -->