Originally Posted by
727574drvr
and quite frankly turboprops are a real crowd pleaser with the passengers (the customers).
In case you hadn't noticed, pax hate all little airplanes, and their definition of "little" is anything smaller than a 747. Considering the "customer" of a turboprop operator is the mainline, it doesn't really matter what the pax wants. If a TP can do the job cheaper, that is probably what the pax is gonna get.