Point2Point Airways

[AeroDMB]

The SR22 is not certified for known icing, I think the Mooney is the only type with TKS that is certified for known.


It´s too **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** cold anyway for any ice to stick on the airplane...we never needed known ice equipped aircraft up there. Just use your head.

 

[imacdog]

I have to disagree with that statement. In the winter there are icing airmets all the time, and when I was flying around the Dakotas I still picked up plenty of ice. I would not want to be running, or flying for, an operation in the winter out of Bismarck without known ice aircraft.

 

[JimNtexas]

For $400/hour couldn't they afford some new Senecas, that are ice certified. A Senaca might could carry 3 people and their bags if they did that.

And where do I sign up to get the goverment to buy airplanes for me?

 

[AerroMatt]

Point2Point T!ts up

Just thought I'd post this link here,

http://www.bismarcktribune.com/articles/2007/05/02/news/topnews/132842.txt

It is appropriate to this thread. Point2Point founder apparently put it in writing;

Boehle, in his letter to the city, blamed much of the airline’s woes on “the inability of the airline to reliably dispatch aircraft due to inclement winter flying conditions.” He said the company’s fleet, including three-passenger planes made by Cirrus Design Corp., and twin-engine, four-passenger planes from the London, Ontario-based Diamond Aircraft Co., were not yet certified by the Federal Aviation Administration for charter operators to use in icing conditions.

No surprise that the lack of known icing shot them down. Too bad. Looks like everyone here who predicted their downfall due to this was correct.