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Originally Posted by JaredL
Only giving you **** because of your great posts in the nit thread - the "security guard" sign might be post of the thread.
Fair enough...you got me. Too quick with the touch typing. And thanks for the
on the security guard post I made...always a thrill to have one's work recognized in one's own lifetime.
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I asked this before and you might have thought it was too dumb to answer, but I've never been good at taking a hint. Do you have suspension/damping in your seats? If not, and even if so in extreme cases, how hard is it to work the controls in bad turbulence? Do you get a lot of training for that?
Our seats adjust fore and aft, up and down, and the seat back angle can be adjusted (reclines only about 10°). There's also a knob to adjust the lumbar support and the angle of the front edge of the seat (support of the lower thigh). It's all for personal comfort. I'll usually slide the seat back a notch and recline a couple of degrees once we're up at cruise and then put it back in the "business" position when I'm getting ready for the approach and landing. The seat does not have suspension built-in (like you sometimes see for bus drivers).
The controls are easy to use and are mechanical on most of our planes, though we still have some with electric controls for the up/down and fore/aft movements. There is no training specifically for this skill...you learn by asking if you can't figure it out yourself.
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A couple times recently I've hit some decent turbulence and wondered how the pilot can control the plane since he's getting tossed around as well. One was landing in Denver. I suppose at cruising altitude you can sit back, relax and enjoy the autopilot getting you through it but I think we were low enough that the pilot should have been in control.
If the turbulence is bad enough, it can kick off the auto-pilot. But if the a/p is handling it ok, I'm fine to monitor the situation with my hands on the flight controls. If I'm in moderate or worse turbulence, I put on my shoulder harness (only required for takeoff and landing). I've been in turbulence bad enough that I've risen out of the seat (momentary negative G) and it's not a good feeling having the controls falling away from you.
[Off to Vegas tomorrow...20 hour layover and time for some poker. Wish me luck.]