youd be suprised how many people still cant set foot on something with air screws...

strap on some jets, even if its nothing but a fire tube, they will fly

it makes sense to go prop, but the real question would be how to get the public on board again

I actually sat next to a business flyer once out of MKE. She refused to book on Skyway because of the B-1900. She wanted a jet only. So I agree, jets will attract more people the issue is getting people to pay a premium for them, which hasn't happened after 9/11 and the Expedia.com/Orbitz craze.

Forget about the fact that the Q's have props, if they only knew Johnny Airline Pilot in the right seat has 300hrs and 'ol Captain, "Ill whor myself out for PIC time" in the left seat has 1501hrs TTl time ;)


I realize the Q CA's are more experienced then that, just making a joke..........

I actually believe that this will happen. Just as our Armed Services can pull a/c out of the desert and place them back into service...so to can the airlines pull turbo-props out of the mothballs!!!!! JMO.



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You guys probably COULD have gotten on DAL's list... at the bottom. That would have been OK with me if I was involved. I believe some senior CA leadership held out for a DOH merger with DAL... I could have told you the answer to that without even consulting DAL. :rolleyes:

Don't Comair and ASA have about a hundred EMB-120s out in the desert (or MYR and Hot Springs)?

Not sure but most of the EMB-120's SKW has off loaded ended up in Africa. I know of a few pilots who were tasked with taking them half way for the purchasers, sounded like a lot of fun.

I've heard there's a huge market for them in third world countries sing their cheap to buy, cheap to operate, fast and efficientp; so I can’t imagine the desert being full of them.

I don't know, I see gulfstream with quite a few. Actually from what I've seen, their "broke zillas" as they like to call them only has ASA and Comair reg #..