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poor pilot
Speaking of colgan. i was on final for 22 and another guy I don't know what he was in got real slow, so slow the controller stated "this is Newark international Airpot 160 is as slow as you can get here" that made me think about the q400's, are they going to allow the turboprops back in EWR and can they keep the speed up.
I think the problem is on departures, they cant climb as quickly as a jet, on approach though they can go be really fast and slow up very quickly, although the Q only has two throttles unlike the SAAB, Dash-8 1/2/3, Beech where you can shove the props forward and the airplane practically falls out of the sky......... but from what I hear the Q isnt slow at all, but with Colgans MX, who the hell knows..................
PS I am not sure about the Q's performace on climb but I have had guys at Colgan who have never flown the thing tell me it can climb faster than a 737, in which of course I laughed at them
, but still they tell me it can climb............