9L vs C5
12-14-2009, 11:57 AM
#21
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My .02 is the SAAB will go the way of the doto bird and will never be replaced. I bet in 5-10 years we will be an all Q400 fleet. EAS stuff that the Q400 is too much airplane for, they will dump. (just my prediction)
There are people who have been watching the Q's performance and magic money making capabilities. There is alot of interest. All I'm going to say is, there are going to be alot of Canadians buying new cars and homes in the next few years.
For all those who are about to chime in with "wah wah, pay" or "wah wah, bottom feeders", the pay scale will be taken care of! Soon.
There are people who have been watching the Q's performance and magic money making capabilities. There is alot of interest. All I'm going to say is, there are going to be alot of Canadians buying new cars and homes in the next few years.
For all those who are about to chime in with "wah wah, pay" or "wah wah, bottom feeders", the pay scale will be taken care of! Soon.
12-14-2009, 01:03 PM
#22
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12-14-2009, 01:55 PM
#23
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Guys we have learned probably 20,000 aviation acronyms/abbreviations since we started flying. Everything from systems to weather reports to LEO's. Is reading/learning 10 more airline codes a year on a gossip board in your free time really going to kill you? Why don't we tell the FAA to do away with weather codes and have everything as it is for Grandma on the local news at 6 pm while we're at it?
all this discusion even when the OP says in plain english who the 2 airlines are if you actually read his post....
all this discusion even when the OP says in plain english who the 2 airlines are if you actually read his post....
12-14-2009, 03:57 PM
#24
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Guys we have learned probably 20,000 aviation acronyms/abbreviations since we started flying. Everything from systems to weather reports to LEO's. Is reading/learning 10 more airline codes a year on a gossip board in your free time really going to kill you? Why don't we tell the FAA to do away with weather codes and have everything as it is for Grandma on the local news at 6 pm while we're at it?
all this discusion even when the OP says in plain english who the 2 airlines are if you actually read his post....
all this discusion even when the OP says in plain english who the 2 airlines are if you actually read his post....
12-14-2009, 06:23 PM
#26
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My .02 is the SAAB will go the way of the doto bird and will never be replaced. I bet in 5-10 years we will be an all Q400 fleet. EAS stuff that the Q400 is too much airplane for, they will dump. (just my prediction)
There are people who have been watching the Q's performance and magic money making capabilities. There is alot of interest. All I'm going to say is, there are going to be alot of Canadians buying new cars and homes in the next few years.
For all those who are about to chime in with "wah wah, pay" or "wah wah, bottom feeders", the pay scale will be taken care of! Soon.
There are people who have been watching the Q's performance and magic money making capabilities. There is alot of interest. All I'm going to say is, there are going to be alot of Canadians buying new cars and homes in the next few years.
For all those who are about to chime in with "wah wah, pay" or "wah wah, bottom feeders", the pay scale will be taken care of! Soon.
Unless you are saying Colgan will just abandon the 30 pax market... possible, but if there is a replacement aircraft, hard to believe.
12-14-2009, 07:12 PM
#28
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Saabs may be Dodo birds (Dodo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), but 30ish pax turboprops are not. Some routes support 6 pax (enter Cape Air), some support 30 (Brasillia, Saab, Jetstream), and some support 70 (Q400).
Unless you are saying Colgan will just abandon the 30 pax market... possible, but if there is a replacement aircraft, hard to believe.
Unless you are saying Colgan will just abandon the 30 pax market... possible, but if there is a replacement aircraft, hard to believe.
We will see. Right now, there is no replacement being built. I wonder if SAAB would tool back up if someone kicked up an order large enough. Not enough demand right now! Anything can happen in 5-10 years from now.
I would love to see a new and improved SAAB, crisp on the controls, fast, able to leap tall mountains on a single engine...with a nice cup holder too.
12-15-2009, 02:59 AM
#30
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