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I'd be happy to fly an ATR...just pay me a good 70 seat rate to do so.
ATR is doing a tour of their 72-500 across North America right now. I have a friend helping them out with their Dog and Pony shows. They are planning on meeting with at least 20 airlines in the next 2 weeks. My friend actually likes the aircraft and told me its quieter than the CRJ with the new 6 bladed prop. Huge difference over the current version at ASA. Plus, ATR is trying to ride the momentum of $83 oil and a rash of gear failures on the Dash 8.
The 212A or ATR-72-500 just hums in flight... very quiet. Headsets are definitely optional. Don't even need to touch the condition (prop) levers outside of start and shutdown. Systems are quite automatic...for a turboprop. APU is definitely a must though. Handles better than a DHC8 too. 3600' strips aren't a problem either. Being French is it's only weakness Not as fast as the Q400 but it has a proven history.
It's a great airplane either way. burns a heck of a lot less fuel than the Dash 8-400.
Oh God no...
...so does this mean that if I apply right now I might get the ATR or would they start getting them like in March or something?
SJS TOOL.
Yes....yeah but was the bold necessary?
Yes.
I hold fellow TSA pilots to a higher standard.