final flight of propeller plane for Big 3 airlines
Jul 5, 2018, 5:39 pm
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final flight of propeller plane for Big 3 airlines
United got rid of theirs in May. I am surprised that this huge story (the complete victory of the regional jet) hasn't gotten more play.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/the-airline-propeller-era-is-coming-to-an-end
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-07-05/the-airline-propeller-era-is-coming-to-an-end
Jul 5, 2018, 5:44 pm
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United got rid of theirs in May. I am surprised that this huge story (the complete victory of the regional jet) hasn't gotten more play.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ming-to-an-end
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/artic...ming-to-an-end
Jul 5, 2018, 6:32 pm
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We were served by the Q400 here at MTJ. It is the most unreliable commercial aircraft I have ever flown. The flight was often being canceled or having serious delays due to mechanical reasons. It had nice first class seating but that's not much use if it can't get you where you are going.
In general I don't have anything against turboprops and have a lot of time in the Twin Otter. However, in this case, I was glad to say goodbye, even though it was replaced mostly with by the aging and tired RJ145. Looking forward to more E175 in the future.
In general I don't have anything against turboprops and have a lot of time in the Twin Otter. However, in this case, I was glad to say goodbye, even though it was replaced mostly with by the aging and tired RJ145. Looking forward to more E175 in the future.
Jul 5, 2018, 6:34 pm
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It's probably related to the maintenance attention more than anything. As long as I had my noise canceling headphones I was always happy when they were actually flying! No doubt it was a better cabin than the RJ145.
Jul 5, 2018, 7:40 pm
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How many times has CO/UA and the various Express carriers had a "last propeller flight" and become an "all jet airline" just to go back to flying props a few years later? It has to be at least 3-4 going back to the start of the Jet Age, pretty much once every 10-15 years. Wonder if we'll be back again?
Jul 5, 2018, 7:53 pm
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Jul 5, 2018, 8:08 pm
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Jul 5, 2018, 9:34 pm
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How many times has CO/UA and the various Express carriers had a "last propeller flight" and become an "all jet airline" just to go back to flying props a few years later? It has to be at least 3-4 going back to the start of the Jet Age, pretty much once every 10-15 years. Wonder if we'll be back again?
Good riddance.
Jul 5, 2018, 10:18 pm
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