Originally Posted by
clearandcold
What do you think they will do with ERA's Ds? I guess they could just keep them on pavement. I think I've seen Bering Air using a D model so maybe they aren't that bad of a bush plane after all.
I bet the Ds will end up being absorbed into the system on the less demanding routes, pretty much what Era was doing with them, the Ds do alright when its above 0 but supposedly those EFIS's don't do well when it hits -40 in FAI and the slope. Bering's Ds do a lot of Nome - "The Island" and back, so it's a little different than getting sent to tour the slope for a day.