Originally Posted by
Bull_Shark
Don’t know how many summers you’ve done in the Saab (or if you’ve used an air conditioning cart anywhere north of Melbourne) but A/C carts do sweet FA cooling the cabin down on even a slightly warm day and the A/C on the aircraft even less so especially on short sectors.
Just a couple… Around North QLD in both Dash 8 and Saab. When it’s 40C outside, everything struggles. But that’s from my actual experience, not whatever bias the rest of you are basing your comments on!
Dash 8 even with an APU struggled and never cooled down on short sectors.
The Saab was actually much better once the engines were running, cooled down much faster.
The a/c carts did a reasonable job of cooling the cabin, didn’t helps us up the front though.