One problem was it abysmal rate of climb compared with the '748. When writing the 'noise abatement' departure procedures for Farnborough runway 24, I had to make special allowance for the ATP, specifying 'straight ahead 2nm or 1,400ft (for the ATP) whichever comes first' as the most vociferous noise complainers live in Church Crookham, west south west of the airport. I also had to write a special procedure for visual approaches to runway 06 for it as if we got a complaint, it was about the ATP - not that I ever found it any noisier than turbofan aircraft - from someone who apparently worked for BAe at Farnborough! (so I was told).
BAe even tried to 'disguise' it one Farnborough Airshow by exhibiting it as the 'Jetstream 61' even though it had no relationship with the J31 and J41.
We saw 'Jetstream 61' on all the paperwork and looked forward eagerly to a new aircraft which up to then had been secret and when it arrived it was just an ATP with 'Jetstream 61' painted on the side!!
Last edited by chevvron; 1st May 2017 at 14:39.