Originally Posted by
A Squared
Not necessarily, DC-3s, Recip Convairs, and C-46's were all pretty common in the non-sked world in the 1960's and 70's even into the 1980's there's a few of each still operating in various places.
I spent most of the 80s behind 1820s, 1830s and 2800s and went through LRD a lot so I remember that business. It’s just the YS was such an oddball and to have two pilots with the type would be very rare. Piedmont, Reeve Aleutian and Mid Pac were the only major US operators.