Not so much "nibble nibble" as CHOMP CHOMP"...
MOR, people do have a choice . If they don't like it then go with another carrier from say Gatwick if we were to use SOU as an example. Or indeed BOH. Do you really think an airline should put two a/c on a rotation so that people can choose their mount! Hardly.
You really don't get it, do you? Of COURSE nobody is going to do that. However, try putting a Q400 on the same routes as one served by, say, Easyjet, and see how long you last. Nobody will fly on the turboprop if they have the choice of a jet on the same route, for similar money. Why do you think it is that Mike and Ray don't really care what we do with the Q400?
When full on these trips it does bring people together and be more sociable as if its their own private chartered a/c.
Oh great, let's get some Jetstreams then, now there is an intimate cabin... you really are living in your own private little world, aren't you?
Quite frankly I think the company should hand out medals to the pax that have survived a Bergamo in the Q...
take a walk elsewhere where they have a mount that you can be seen in.
Oh, I don't mind being seen in it, I just hate having to fly in the thing... silly boy, this isn't about pride, it's about comfort.
I feel the Dash has been an important factor in our turnaround.
Yes, it has. Did I ever say it hadn't? Still an awful aircraft, though.
Chief Test Pilot of the CAA is coming on line shortly as a Captain on the Q400. He is very excited to see what its all about.
Well whoopie do...
He has no problem with flying a turboprop.
Nor do I... as long as it isn't that god-awful Q400. Give me an F27, now there is an aircraft that isn't built out of tissue paper.
As to your appraisal of the landings. Yes they can be firm.
CAN be... lol
I agree the Dash probably isn't built aswell as the 146. But then what new aircarft is? Do we care?
Well, I do. So should you if you are heading down thunderstorm alley in an aircraft so lightly built it had to be "remanufactured" to stop the flight deck dropping off. Give me a nice strong 146 (or F27, or Shed, etc).
Not caring how strong your aircraft is gives a good indication of your inexperience...
this could have an adverse affect on your livelyhood.
Ya think? Nah, the rampies love it so it must be OK... even the one with "pilot" experience, whatever that is.
At least try and be a little evenhanded with your comments.
IT'S - A - DOG! (how was that?)
Oh and MOR the reason why we come on here and defend our aircraft is because your opinions do little justice to our business.
Have a little think about that, you may wish to re-word it, seeing as how I have made no adverse comment at all on the business, the company, or how much money the Dash makes...
And you now admit that the 146 and Dash have different missions...............At last!
Always have. Now please explain why we send the "pencil" off on epic voyages to places like Bergamo...
OR are you too busy in the mirror!
Oooh, nasty! Where's my handbag...
MarkD
did you dislike the -8-200/300 in flybe service or is it features of the Q400 that you find particularly annoying?
No, the original Dashes are fine aircraft. Strong, good performers, and so on. By contrast, the Q400 is under-engineered , released well before it was ready, and technically deficient. The noise cancellation system is a joke, the props vibrate if they are even slightly out of balance, the electrics are somewhat less than robust, etc. It was a good idea, but poorly executed, which is unusual for DHC. It is, in many ways, like the BAe ATP was.
er82
Now that really is a silly comment. It's called career progression. It's what you did to get onto the 146.
But you are being paid a "jet" salary to fly the 400... so what is your incentive?
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