Originally Posted by
jrl767
allow me to state that the recent exchange — without the self-recrimination — is a fine example of the “Discussion” aspect of this fine thread
y’all may have noticed that I tend to provide my rationale for a guess after the expert who posed the question indicates that the guess was wrong … maybe I should just leave well enough alone rather than letting my analyst personality come to the fore; I certainly don’t mean those remarks as anything more than an explanation of my thought process, and I once again apologize to all concerned for the appearance of criticism
as for the Bonus Question, I believe Emerald operated the FH-227B turboprop, but I’m drawing a blank on another pure jet type
No apologies necessary. I'm just having some fun with my response.
That said, there's a lot to be said for more precise wording on my part, because some of our core participants - yourself amongst them - are extremely knowledgeable to the point where seemingly minor omissions - such as not specifying pre-deregulation - don't go unnoticed in your calculations and ultimately cause you all more angst than I.
So, the apologies are mine, though I still don't know how "first aircraft" was interpreted as opposed to "first jet". These things happen though, and we just roll with them.
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