It boils down to money where old twins are concerned. The cost of buying a turbine twin to replace an old clapped out '31' is so much more that it's simply not economical & the latter word is business driven. The cost of one turbine engine blown thru either poor handling or just bad luck is alone the cost of a couple of good "31's" (if they are still about).
The old 402's & 31's have done a great job & still do to some degree but there is no solution other than to close up most G/A operators than operate them to increase safety & we know that ain't gunna happen!. Now whether you believe that to be the safest option or the silliest is personal belief.
Twin turbines still hit the deck along with pretty much brand new transport cat A/C you won't stop it all together it's just that ALL A/C have their places & ALL are predicated on COST. Nobody is gunna be running around in a brand new twin turbine with 4 people just purely for safety reasons (commercial wise that is)
Sadly we shall be back here in the future to again re-visit these 'events' that come all too often.
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Last edited by Tidbinbilla; 15th Jun 2010 at 21:35.