Originally Posted by
RgrMurdock
Says who? Why couldn't they fly the mrj or even the turbo prop? I understand Tsa has the atr certificate. But that doesn't mean you can't fly any kind of turbo prop. Again, i'm not saying it's absolutely true. I just think it is possible.
Who would want to on either of those aircraft? The original recipe for the success at SWA was a single fleet type, although the did fly some B727's leased from Braniff in the late 70's while waiting on 737 deliveries. Turboprops and the Japanese jet???? I doubt they would be that foolish; ie increase in parts inventories on multiple A/C, training costs out the bazoo, and quite frankly turboprops are a real crowd pleaser with the passengers (the customers).
