Originally Posted by
Purpltail
About three years ago, I was talking to a 9E pilot about the Q400s. I asked him if he was worried about that flying getting farmed out to Colgan instead of them doing the flying. He said, "F-no, we don't want the turboprop flying. Colgan can have it!"
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I really don't think that one Pinnacle SJS candidate speaks for the pilot group as a whole.....
I'd have flown it depending on the pay/QOL matrix for me. I'd also fly a 172 if it suit me...usually the guys that say "no to turboprops" are the guys that have never flown one...