Dash 8 in CAL colors..who is it?

[Icelandair]

At least Horizon supplemented them with ground AC units that would be hooked up into the ground fan intake to keep them cool in the summer. The thing is already overweight before people are onboard, put an APU in there and you'll be restricted to 33 pax.

 

[OPECJet]

What are you guys using for pax weights?

 

[onionluvr]

The only time I have been weight restricted is on short flights with a low fuel burn.

I've had no problem carrying 35 or 36 pax. 37 plus a jumpseater is definitely doable if it's a long enough flight. I'm not sure what all the talk about being weight restricted is based on.

 

[bizicmo]

We might be getting APU's. Heard the chief talking about it.

 

[chimichanga]

We might be getting APU's. Heard the chief talking about it.

And auxilliary fuel tanks, too.

 

[CA1900]

And auxilliary fuel tanks, too.

DOH!!

 

[CA1900]

We might be getting APU's. Heard the chief talking about it.

For the sake of us riding in the back of your flights, I sure hope that's true. In the meantime, are cold air carts being used as was originally planned when the non-APU planes were ordered?

 

[Taildraggaah]

Was it a glider? If so then it defiantly was a CommutAir Dash. .

That's the new fuel savings program...