Originally Posted by
WB627
Some years ago I told my family to NEVER get on an ATR
Or anything Russian including their airlines.
I subsequently added the 737 (MAD) Max to the family no fly list.
I also refused to allow my ATC son to fly on Chinooks or USAF aircraft, until the nagging got too much to tolerate and the Chinook issues had all gone quiet. The day after he flew on a Chinook, the RAF grounder their entire fleet. I rest my case.
Why the ATR? Russians - yes - but it 's useless advice if you have to go to Russia . Same as odd airlines in Indonesia, Nepal, Africa. Sometimes it 's that or a hellishly dangerous trip by car or boat - or no trip at all.