Haha, the rubber jungle. Makes perfect sense of course. So the passengers and you will remember that flight.

Quote:

I closed the throttles.  Shocked The plane landed RIGHT NOW!

Oops, sounds like one of my sim landings. Have to practice now.  :-/

Lou, another question for you. How sensible were those J8 cigar engine thingies to compressor stalls on the takeoff run? Tough task or easy to handle?
And, maybe related tu such things, we spoke about young FOs here and there but are there any young FE stories too?