Originally Posted by
captjns
Not exactly true. Allocation of aircraft is based on overall performance, and reliability. That said, the reason Empire will receive another ATR in their fold... or IFL will be given a trial ATR and possibly C208 to prove themselves.
As I recall, due to poor performance, Empire lost an ATR to MAC due to issues in their house.
New Management at ATR are going to have to ply catch up ball in order to remain in the game, or otherwise.... well you get the picture. There are a lot of great people at MAC and deserve better than what RN delivered.
I keep hear IFL will get ATRs. Is this confirmed? Are they even going to be able to staff them? No one wants to fly short hops in turbo props except for guys like me. I don’t think moving planes from one place to another will attract pilots. Doesn’t make sense. MAC will have to improve and it will take time.