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re: Has anyone here flown on an ATR42 turbo-prop plane?

Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:12 am to
Posted by SM6
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Member since Jul 2008
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Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:12 am to
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doesn't help when you are in a holding pattern, in icing conditions, with flaps extended either, not what boots are designed for


That is why an American Airlines' affiliate (Simmons Air?) moved them all from ORD and other continental U.S. operations to American's old San Juan, PR hub.
Posted by LSURussian
Member since Feb 2005
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Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:13 am to
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Has anyone here flown on an ATR42 turbo-prop plane?
The one they call "The Widow Maker"?
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
93541 posts
Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:13 am to
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Like really bad, flight school case study-type pilot error.

it's cost, and still costing the industry gazillions of dollars and directly responsible of the premature end of MD-80 operations in the US
Posted by Jack Daniel
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Posted on 1/17/19 at 10:14 am to
Damn....
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