Come on now people, is this thread really going to be deflected side ways to talk about the cost of each aircraft. In the grand scheme of things, its operational cost vs payload. Operational cost varies from company to company and includes everything from currency, insurance, salaries to one or two ply toilet paper. Payload and payload requirements are much the same, different for every operation. At the end of the day, for someone to suggest that running a 225 is the "cheap" option and that "you get what you pay for" is well, I'm sorry, an idiotic comment. Right up there with comparing it to mountain climbing equipment!! Really??