Good points there by 'flyitboy' & 'krusty 34'
I was once told by a few business men that often travelled intra-state & they said they dislike having to go on a prop plane. Noisy, slow, dangerous(in their eyes) & even look old & risky. They(business types) don't pay for the airfair themselves (unless self emp) so they would rather a jet service anyday regardless of cost. It's a bit like an operator doing RPT runs with a PA31 for Eg & along comes someone with a Metro ( as ugly as that sounds) & bingo the PA31 is now defunct!
I also heard not unlike flyitboy did another story recently (word gets around fast in this game!) that some 'suits' where visiting YMAY from YMIA to see if they too could consider the costs/set-ups etc. of operating a jet service. Cute plane that Jungle jet, damn quiet.
Maybe one day 'soonish' that familiar sound of a Saab barely above LSALT droning away slogging it out against H/W's will be the thing of the past for intra-state runs.
CW