Originally Posted by flyfresno

I never flew the Bro, but I did fly the Dash 8 at another airline, a similar t-prop to the EMB-120. I enjoyed the time I had in the Dash, and I think it was an important part of learning how to fly transport category airplanes. But now that I'm in the CRJ, I'm even happier. They're really two different worlds, both with their own advantages and disadvantages. With the EMB, yes, you will probably gain (bro) seniority and upgrade much faster than you would in the jet (especially if you want to be out west). It's more complex and there's more workload, but it's also much slower than the jet, so much more forgiving. The jet is way more automated, but also much faster. ACARS is amazing, and I can't wait until we get the EFB (I flew one of our RJs that has an EFB the other day, it was deactivated, but it looks awesome). The workload is 1/4 that the Dash was (and the bro probably is), but the plane is also 2X-3X faster. I could go on, but I will agree with what many people said here. If you don't have any turbine time, the EMB-120 is a great transition to the airline world. All the Bro pilots I talk to love flying it. I wouldn't give up the time I had in the Dash for anything in the world, and most of them would say the same thing about the Bro. But I'm also really happy to be in the jet now, and while I would welcome the opportunity to fly a t-prop again, I would pick the RJ every time if given the choice. Hope that helps!

Originally Posted by RCFlyer

If you are worried about how hard training will be, maybe you are not ready for an airline job or you are in the wrong business altogether.

Sorry to be frank.

Originally Posted by G-Dog

The Bro is the way to go. My only complaint is that every time you touch the power, you have to adjust rudder trim.

Originally Posted by ImEbee

Nuf said.

And as everyone else said, take the EMB. Just don't ask us how the prop system works!

Originally Posted by Lalo37

I've never really understood this argument of the RJ being faster so it's harder to fly in that sense. The RJ was ridiculously easy to fly when compared to the EMB-120. Last time I checked, we all had to do less than 250 below 10000' so when you are the busiest, you are also going the slowest. The only thing you had to remember was on takeoff, if given a level off below ten, pull the "thrust levers" back. Not that difficult. Comparing the RJ to a Emb-120 is no comparison at all. RJ is easy, Brasilia is hard....................regardless of the speed...........you are only going faster above 10000'.

Originally Posted by flyfresno

I guess the Bro is much faster than the Dash then, we couldn't even go 250 in the Dash, our highest VMO was 242. And we rarely went that fast. Sometimes approach would slow us up so much that we used to joke that their next call would be "Piedmont XXX, Charlotte Approach, maintain 180kts, you'll be following an A321 that just left Baltimore." I do remember that things went a lot faster form my point of view in the CRJ than they did in the Dash, especially within 20 miles of the airport. But like I said, I never flew the Bro, so I'm probably way off base with my comparison. Still, T-Props are fun to fly, and I'm glad I flew one.

Originally Posted by JetJock16

The EMB-120 is almost always out of trim, it's very heavy on the controls (only the rudder is hydraulic) all while demanding a LARGE amount rudder attention anytime you make a power change of 2%+ or you change configuration (Yaw Dampers are worthless when you're dealing with engines that are rated at 2400 shaft with 10.5' props and the bird a conventional twin) and you have to forcefully make it do anything.

It takes real skill to man handle the old “Switch B1tch” all while being silky smooth.