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12-29-2007 | 11:06 AM

rickurukus

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Cape Air

Whats the deal with them?

12-29-2007 | 03:40 PM

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They fly Cessna 402's.

12-29-2007 | 04:14 PM

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Great bunch of pilots that seem to be happy. Operate in the northeast out of BOS and down in the Caribbean as well. I think they get get paid for duty time as opposed to flight time.

12-29-2007 | 06:15 PM

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I wonder how the spar modification AD for the 402C has affected Cape's operations. I'm guessing not too badly since they have time to comply.

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12-29-2007 | 07:01 PM

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I wonder how the spar modification AD for the 402C has affected Cape's operations. I'm guessing not too badly since they have time to comply.

$70K per airplane to comply!

12-30-2007 | 01:19 AM

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$70K per airplane to comply!

oucheeeeeeeeez

12-30-2007 | 06:58 AM

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Does anyone know of a comparable operation on the west coast (or near it)?

Thanks

12-30-2007 | 07:27 AM

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Probably the closest comparable thing is Kenmore Air, which flies in the Seattle area. The fleet is made up primarily of seaplanes, though they do operate 4 (?) C208's.

12-30-2007 | 07:36 AM

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I personally think Cape Air would be one of the coolest aviation gigs around. If I lived in that area. But it would really suck when the weather gets crappy, which is often in the NE.

But I think flying those things on those short flights would be a blast.

12-30-2007 | 08:06 AM

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When the weather gets crappy is when they have their fun. VFR gets old after a while but flying in and out of ACK is IR more often than VR.

I know plenty of days when I have launched on a cavu day all up and down the east coast only to shoot an approach at ACK to mins. They do not call it the grey lady for nothing