Q400's are done at SAS!!!!

[LearLove]

well now you guys PDT know where your 400's are comming from. Congrats.

on another note: what a blow for the Dash 8. Here we Dash pilots go around saying that thing is a flying tank (I do miss the dash very much) only to have this (landing gear incidents) happen.

 

[cale42]

I happened to be in FlightSafety across the street from Bombardier when the first two happened.

Heard that the first two were first corosion in the main gear actuator. There were dissimilar metals, but other airlines always greased the joint so it was never an issue. SAS didn't and that caused the problems. For reasons unknown several Q instructors told me that the SAS pilots have NEVER liked the airplane and have wanted out of the fleet for a long time.

As several people have pointed out.. when there are dozens of operators ofthis airplane out there (don't forget ANA, they have 15 or so of these as well) and only one operator has problems with it you really wonder about the underlying issues. Doesn't scream airplane problem to me.

cale

 

[ohoh]

As several people have pointed out.. when there are dozens of operators ofthis airplane out there (don't forget ANA, they have 15 or so of these as well) and only one operator has problems with it you really wonder about the underlying issues. Doesn't scream airplane problem to me.

cale

ANA you say?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHXpV4vZLOU

 

[NuGuy]

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/0712859/L/

When did PDT get rid of the -200s? Man, those were nice rides. I flew them out of TPA, and they at least had a little spunk to them. The FMS was nice too, and the AC actually worked.

But at least they got rid of 923HA...old Sparky.

Nu

 

[WSurf]

Last 200 left about a year ago. All that and it was nice to have the NVS System also.

 

[DashTrash400]

Like Sioux said...Horizon's had plenty of problems with em. Just not the landing gear.

Don't be too upset Dash drivers, the Q400 isn't really a Dash. It's basically a new design that used a few DHC8 parts and kept some of the same configuration to keep the same type certificate. They woulda done us all a huge favor to just use all the old -200 systems in it.

 

[PA31Driver]

Serial 001 was destroyed in testing.
Serial 002 was stretched into a "-300" and is stored in Tucson.
Serial 003 was (until last month) operated by Freedom Airlines out of JFK as N810LR.

Having flown 003, (which spent the better part of a decade in the salt air of Halifax without the benefit of wings, tail, or doors) I'm going to go out on a limb and say that 009 can't possibly compare. (Keep in mind that prior to Mesa bidding for it, the airplane was supposed to go on a stick at the Canadian Aerospace Museum)

Holy cow! Just thinking of 810 makes me shudder. It was THE 'return to gate' airplane for tripped ECUs. The morning shift gate agents at SYR used to rebook pax when they knew it was 810 for the first flight of the day. Good times at SYR eh, Katanabob?
:beer:

 

[John Pennekamp]

Piedmont will buy them.... they'll be deeply discounted. Cheap is all that matters around here!! Just put some new paint on it and everything will be fine.... that seems to be the thinking now.....

They're going to have to fight ASA for them. This is going to be bigger than The Great ASA Signing Bonus Battle!