Originally Posted by
IQuitEagle
I doubt that Eagle will bring back the ATR to DFW for two reasons. One, the primary reason, is that the ATR is currently only on the Executive certificate (SJU and MIA). Secondly, they were removed from ORD, and later DFW, in large part due to the Roselawn accident.
The ATR was still flying ORD and DFW 5 years after Roselawn. Redesigns were made very shortly after than accident and the ATR in its current form is more than capable of flying any route. Look at the numbers of ATRs being flown in areas where ice is a fact of life...so it really has little to do with that. The ATRs are just well suited for where they are - high mounted engines keep sand ingestion down - they are powerful and have very good short field capabilities. So could you see them back in DFW or ORD? Certainly. Just probably a newer model.
As for the Executive certificate - I'm sure Eagle is free to operate ATRs to their hearts content - they just have to get some!