Originally Posted by
TillerEnvy
What's gonna happen with Lynx? Rumor has it that BB is already in talks for more flying for Q's to compete with "another" Q operator, so this "disdain for turbo props" that the local Internet Studs speak of will be wrong. Assuming this deal goes through (which I hope someone else comes in and outbids us) more TP's will be on property flying for Frontier as well as other majors.
The Q400 is budgeted at 260 Gallons per hour and the E170 is 480. Sure the jet is faster but only by 5-10 minutes on the average DEN leg. If BB does hate TP's I am sure they will grow on him when his company is paying the fuel bill. I have been flying the plane since 12/07 and have only bumped PAX once and that was in ASE. The Q is a workhorse in DEN and it would cost him a ton of money to replace them.