We have no idea how much he is or isn't aware of the issues we're raising. Usually, this managerial level doesn't interfere with customer support :) Certainly true on an individual case basis. However, our issues are with respect to company wide policy which was neglected under the previous managem...

The D-Jet was under-powered, according to the few people who flew the only flights. I wonder if they will change how it is powered. It would have been so cool if Zhang had also said, "We are committed to being a global leader in aviation and will take care of our customers and fleet as you would ex...

I do what Wayne does - use the NRST (aka Nearest on NXi) key.

Short answer: - Load/Activate approach on the MFD controls the flight plan and flight director. - APR key controls the Autopilot. "Load Approach" will load the approach waypoints, nav frequency and nav course (if ILS/LOC or VOR), but not change the active waypoint. Later on you can select the desire...

The DA42-VI with NXi has Garmin's "ESP". According to AOPA, this means you can fly a fully coupled missed approach. Does anyone have experience with this? What happens if you hit the GA button while the AP is still engaged? We had the chance to fly the G1000 NXi on a King Air 350. The flight include...

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We must be looking at different things. Sorry for injecting confusion.

The KLDJ approach and the KEWR ILS 04 both have an approach heading of 039 so you're correct and I should have said "making a turn while parallel to", not "across". The separation is about 1-1.5nm between those tracks which leaves little margin for error to avoid a mid-air since not every pilot, whe...

It does seem bizarre to have that approach at all. KLDJ is just 4nm from the threshold at Newark. If you go missed, you'd be making a climbing left turn across heavy jet traffic on 3 mile final. If the wind was from the E/SE this would be a situation similar to the wake turbulence accident at KRNO t...