Since this thread got dug up already...
Originally Posted by
GauleyPilot
I had only heard bad things--hard seats, loud vibrations.
I rode on a Commutair 1900 recently, and the seats were nice, made of "leather?", it was a comfortable sound level for a turbo-prop.
For John Q Public, (you know, the one who wants to know why he isn't riding on a 777 for a flight from Charlotte to Greensboro), it would be "horrible", but for me it was fine.
Remember, Im a King Air pilot. While the 200 I fly has wool carpet and sidewalls, LEATHER seats real wood trays, etc., I still have a bond to the 1900s design. (Granted, the 1900 flys WAY MORE cycles than my 200 does, so I forgive a few rattles.)
We have ear plugs for our passengers, goes a long way towards making it less "horrible." I keep a supply on me as well so I can give them to passengers who ask for them when we are at bush airports.
Keep in mind that you can be in a center seat on a 1900 if you get in row 9. We try to avoid putting 19 people on our aircraft so people don't have to sit three across in the back. If you don't mind not having a window, 1A is one of the best seats with a lot of legroom. 9B is good if there isn't anyone else in row 9, but only if you don't mind not being able to recline.
Originally Posted by
GauleyPilot
Then let her go, a B1900 only has one seat per window, so you are not between 350lbs of bubba reading the paper all sprawled out on one side and mayor mc cheese on the other. Totally unbothered by yourself.
Please don't let her go... it makes a mess... yes it's something we encounter, although it's not just bladders...