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Where do people get this stuff? The 340's at XJ average to be about 11 years old. Parts are plenty, there is no issue of support from saab or any of the other oem's. 11 years is very young for an airliner. With that said, however, the paint on them is flat out embarrasing as is the interior condition. Taking care of the aircraft is definitely not our company's strong suit. The Saab's at Mesaba are as ghetto as they get.
It, like every aircraft on the planet, has quirks or systems that are less reliable than others. Also, factor in what the mx department is told to fix and to defer and with what quality of parts (when given a choice the cheaper the better-notice how well the new landing lights are working out?).
Take what you hear from pilots, expecially those whose experience consists of 1 post-college airline and 1 or 2 airplanes with a grain of salt.
I don't know about that, parts are getting harder to find, Saab and GE just barely support the airplane and engines. With the new icing proceedures (boots on continous in icing conditions-+5C & visable moisture) there are going to be ALOT of broke airplanes this winter. my guess is Q300s
Again, where the hell are you getting this crap?
I predict Q200/300/400 for CRJ200 and Saab/Brasilia/ATR replacement at the new Delta.
I don't know about that, parts are getting harder to find, Saab and GE just barely support the airplane and engines. With the new icing proceedures (boots on continous in icing conditions-+5C & visable moisture) there are going to be ALOT of broke airplanes this winter. my guess is Q300s
I don't think thats a good prediction. I believe I saw a memo that stated that once Bombardier Finished its current orders on the Q200/300's that they will not take any more orders. Production of the Q200 and Q300 will cease in May 2009.
They will then only build the Q400 and will look more into developing a 90 seat version of the Q400.