50 Seat Viability
05-22-2020, 07:28 AM
#173
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Originally Posted by Papa Bear
If I have a single type rating for a 50 seater RJ Im filling out applications for the truck driving school.
working a driving job now during this downturn . It’s very flexible and if I work 5 days a week it’s 12-1500 bucks .
Working this , with the 30 hr line , in between pto and dropping lines I don’t want I’m doing just fine and will be for the next few months . If I get the F word come October I’ll be driving full time until the industry rebounds .
Got to have a plan b and know how to do something different
04-02-2021, 11:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Escargot
Maybe, just maybe there's a future in 50 seater...
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I realize the average person in the general public says milk comes from a store...
04-02-2021, 06:25 PM
#176
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Originally Posted by TransWorld
Where does the hydrogen originate? What energy source is used to create the hydrogen?
I realize the average person in the general public says milk comes from a store...
I realize the average person in the general public says milk comes from a store...
04-02-2021, 06:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Escargot
hydrogen is easy you come by. Electrolysis would be the easiest way. Turning that into a power cell is a different story. Lithium batteries are already the Hindenburg of modern times. Imagine what a runaway hydrogen cell with enough power to move a transport category aircraft must be like... well the Hindenburg, really.
04-02-2021, 07:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog
He asked what ENERGY SOURCE is used to create the Hydrogen.
Electrolysis is applying current through water to make hydrogen and oxygen. Last time I heard, that current comes from Coal, Natural Gas, and Nuclear power plants. To lesser extents from Hydroelectric, intermittently from Solar, and intermittently from Wind.
Nothing is free.
04-26-2021, 05:20 PM
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04-26-2021, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Escargot
Here we go....
The Fall Of All-Economy 50 Seater Regional Jets In New York
The Fall Of All-Economy 50 Seater Regional Jets In New York
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