05-14-2024, 04:52 PM
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#1541
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Franchise Player
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Originally Posted by btimbit
Not even sure I'd call that good news personally, as much as I love the Q, those little Saab's are awesome
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I've only had one ride, years ago MSP-BIS. In winter, in the snow/wind. Fun times.
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05-14-2024, 07:33 PM
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#1542
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#1 Goaltender
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I've read on another forum that they're often grounded for repairs resulting in cancelled flights.
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05-15-2024, 12:07 AM
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#1543
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Calgary
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They are an absolute operational disaster and the only reason WestJet allowed it to continue this long is because Encore is desperately short of pilots.
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Originally Posted by Lubicon
Does that come at the expense of frequency though?
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Lethbridge goes from a peak of 3 Saab flights down to just a single Encore flight. So... yes.
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05-15-2024, 12:26 AM
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#1544
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Acey
They are an absolute operational disaster and the only reason WestJet allowed it to continue this long is because Encore is desperately short of pilots.
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Who would have thought paying 40% less than the competition plus telling your pilots it'll be over a decade to progress to mainline WJ, while then hiring less experienced pilots above you, would lead to a shortage!
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Originally Posted by D as in David
I've read on another forum that they're often grounded for repairs resulting in cancelled flights.
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They're old and well-used, and they show it. There's no doubt about that.
I just have a soft spot for them
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05-15-2024, 04:43 AM
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#1545
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Ben
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: God's Country (aka Cape Breton Island)
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The frustrating thing about the Canadian aviation landscape is that we need 50 seat planes.
We have a large landmass, sparce population, and a need to travel for business & leisure.
The markets of 100,000-200,000 people need service but a 76+ seat aircraft is too big for frequency.
Looking at my home, we used to have 4-6 daily flights from Sydney to Halifax. Currently there are 0. One flight a day to Montreal and one to Toronto.
The Montreal flight is too late for any connection west of Ontario (4:30pm).
The Toronto flight leaves at 5am.
There's no inbetween.
What's a small city to do? There are no small commuter planes anymore.
Nothing to replaces the Saab's or Dash 8's.
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05-16-2024, 01:33 AM
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#1546
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Really makes me wish they did a nextgen update for the Q200 or Q300, although who knows how popular they'd be. There's always the ATR-42
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05-21-2024, 12:08 AM
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#1547
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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Cool to see Condor back in Calgary
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06-14-2024, 12:18 PM
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#1548
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Seeing on twitter right now that Canada will host the 2025 G7 meeting in Kananaskis again.
It's gonna be some avgeek goodness with all the arrivals into YYC.
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06-14-2024, 01:14 PM
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#1549
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Maritime Q-Scout
The frustrating thing about the Canadian aviation landscape is that we need 50 seat planes.
We have a large landmass, sparce population, and a need to travel for business & leisure.
The markets of 100,000-200,000 people need service but a 76+ seat aircraft is too big for frequency.
Looking at my home, we used to have 4-6 daily flights from Sydney to Halifax. Currently there are 0. One flight a day to Montreal and one to Toronto.
The Montreal flight is too late for any connection west of Ontario (4:30pm).
The Toronto flight leaves at 5am.
There's no inbetween.
What's a small city to do? There are no small commuter planes anymore.
Nothing to replaces the Saab's or Dash 8's.
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My sister was looking at a flight from Halifax to St John's and there were connections in Hamilton and Ottawa. Crazy.
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06-14-2024, 01:22 PM
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#1550
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
Seeing on twitter right now that Canada will host the 2025 G7 meeting in Kananaskis again.
It's gonna be some avgeek goodness with all the arrivals into YYC.
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Not to mention the airspace restrictions messing with all the westbound departures and arrivals. Last time it even affected Cranbrook's instrument approach IIRC.
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06-14-2024, 01:41 PM
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#1551
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Lubicon
Not to mention the airspace restrictions messing with all the westbound departures and arrivals. Last time it even affected Cranbrook's instrument approach IIRC.
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2002 was pretty fresh post 9/11, I wonder if it will be as restrictive as then? We were flying out of YYC at the one flight school, and we could only go east, you didn't dare go west...
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