Tricked: PDT keeping turboprops anyway
09-19-2014 | 09:00 AM
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I hear ya, I was just saying that PDT had mentioned this as a possibility for our fleet a long time ago and that the expense is so large that it's probably cheaper to replace them with new airplanes.
While I'm certainly no expert on the extension program, I hear it calls for gutting the entire airplane, putting in a glass cockpit and all new avionics, new systems, and even some structural work. I just don't see it being worth it. Also, let's face it, no one wants turboprops anymore, least of all the passengers.
While I'm certainly no expert on the extension program, I hear it calls for gutting the entire airplane, putting in a glass cockpit and all new avionics, new systems, and even some structural work. I just don't see it being worth it. Also, let's face it, no one wants turboprops anymore, least of all the passengers.
09-19-2014 | 09:08 AM
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Yea the biggest cost of the lifecycle extension program is the structural work, not the avionics. Just think about an airframe taking 80,000 take offs and landings, 80,000 pressure cycles. Remember the Aloha 737? I don't know if I'd be cool taking it to 120,000 even after a refurb.
When he left the jumpseat he said, "I've flown many planes in my life and I'll tell you one thing.... This thing is a tank! No way in hell can you break the wings off this baby." LOL
09-19-2014 | 09:51 AM
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I hear ya, I was just saying that PDT had mentioned this as a possibility for our fleet a long time ago and that the expense is so large that it's probably cheaper to replace them with new airplanes.
While I'm certainly no expert on the extension program, I hear it calls for gutting the entire airplane, putting in a glass cockpit and all new avionics, new systems, and even some structural work. I just don't see it being worth it. Also, let's face it, no one wants turboprops anymore, least of all the passengers.
While I'm certainly no expert on the extension program, I hear it calls for gutting the entire airplane, putting in a glass cockpit and all new avionics, new systems, and even some structural work. I just don't see it being worth it. Also, let's face it, no one wants turboprops anymore, least of all the passengers.
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