I know out of HPN one morning my crew road on the van with a Colgan crew. In talking to the new upgraded CA, brand new hire FO and also FA we got to talking about the Saab and how they were going from HPN-IAD. Come to find out the CA then heard from the FA that she had been DHD into HPN to cover the flight. Ended up she was a Q FA and had never flown on the Saab...... We thought ok, odd but maybe they are common and its ok?

Long story short, we thought if it were an issue the CA would have taken care of it..... At the end of the Runway we hear, "Colgan XXX if you are not ready let me know." The response, "The FA is brand new to this plane and we will let you know." From that day on we had wondered about it and still had us wondering if they were trained on ALL AC or just a type..... So to learn about this at Colgan does not shock me..... Compared to this time where the FA flew a plane from HPN-IAD she had never been properly trained on.....