the ATR heavy checks are done in YUL. They used to be done by Celcius in BNA many moons ago. But one day they (Celcius in BNA) didn't reconnect correctly the rudder or elevator or something...an IP barely got it back on the ground.
Now...that story was all hear say back in the bada bing a couple years ago. Thats what I heard.
Anyway....sorry to hear they're being retired now.
Exceltech. Yup, they come back with more problems then when they're ferried up there. Four hours plus from Burlington, VT. A stop for customs clearance was required, but YUL to BTV was less than half an hour.
And it's hilarious to read the can on the first revenue flight after its return. I've taken three of them on their maiden revenue voyage now, and let's just say it didn't give me the warm fuzzies.
You read about how ATL maintenance "robbed" half the parts from the plane before it left, then how ExcelTech cobbled it back together. And the airplanes end up having all kinds of "bugs". Just stupid things that don't work like they are supposed to. Of course, then there was 636 which spewed out oil until it caught fire on day on the ATL ramp, but that one wasn't mine.
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