and enjoy way less internal room, slower, lower, less range, with support from always-about-to-go-bust Beechcraft?!
Mhh, how many Piggies have been sold ? And how many KingAirs ? Guess there is a reason for that...
Even if Beech goes bust, with 5000+ KingAirs sold, there will be support.
The Avanti noise IS terrible. I remember sitting in ATP class not too far from EDDN when the first in Germany - D-IPIA - did traffic patterns. Like a circular saw on steroids....a very annoying noise, not necessarely loud but very destinctive...
BTW, the relevant Chapters of ICAO Annex 16 can to be found in here:
http://www.icao.int/Meetings/Environ...BIP_2_2_jb.pdf
Current small TP are to be as good or better than Chapter 10.....