Originally Posted by
MatixPilot
I highly doubt the ATR's are going away anytime soon. They all have gotten brand spankin new paint jobs and will continue to fly. They are cheap to operate and can carry a full load of pax/bags.
Well actually I can only count 2 ATR with new shinny paint in DFW, and the 212A are probably the last ones to go. You do have a point, more than half the flying done out of DFW in the ATR the jet can't do. It would take 2 jets to replace an ATR on allot of the routes. But it will be interesting to see what they do since we are having major maintenance issues and we are losing allot of the experience mechanics.