I got my command on it and though I tried to bid off it from day 1, I thoroughly enjoyed my 4 years on it in no small part due to the great crews and engineers that made up our commuter operation. It was a great aircraft for a first command because you were constantly making decisions as all the margins were so tight, not to mention the frequency with which things went wrong!!! We often had to fly with the airbrake out to get down to our max landing weight having taken only flight plan fuel!!
It will probably last another 25 years-with a lot of TLC just glad I`ll be looking at it rather than from it!! How many were made does anyone know?