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Old Jun 23, 2020, 5:37 pm
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LGACIC
 
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Eugene, OR
Programs: Alaska MVP 100K
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Originally Posted by BOB W
You had me scared for a minute with flashbacks of the disastrous Q400 launch and ultimate failure. Having been on flights that were downright scary, I was about to give up on this new experiment. The E175's make better sense and I suspect AS is repurposing them now that RAVN is out of the picture (and Covid-19 freeing up aircraft_. Time will tell how it goes but I wish AS success!
Okay, off topic, but were the Q400s really that bad in AK? I mean, I hate the plane in general, but how were they scary to fly there? I've never much more than ordinary turbulence between ANC and FAI.
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