Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
I was just thinking how many people are trained and sitting around to operate such a small fleet, that's all. Usually with a new aircraft, 5 or 10 show up at once, and ops begin immediately.
That's not how ASA put the CRJs into service. After a month of training in Montreal, I sat around for close to two months waiting for the planes to show up and for proving runs to be completed. At least we got to do IOE on the proving runs. Was the best summer ever!