non jet equipment type ?

[Yaalili]

been on a prop plane route 4x (2 roundtrips) in one week.

Never mind, it was just that u were responding to someone who responded "yikes" to my experience on a propeller plane. And btw it was a smooth landing, good he didn't say that in the beginning of the flight.

[moko]

my father travels the world quite a bit. and said he always wondered what happened to all the old turbo props they used to fly, till he started traveling to southern Chile and Argentina where he had a reunion with them

[SGF]

my father travels the world quite a bit. and said he always wondered what happened to all the old turbo props they used to fly, till he started traveling to southern Chile and Argentina where he had a reunion with them

Only really down south where there isn't so much civilization, you find that in every country.
Actually I have seen that AC and UA use those planes alot for short flights in the east coast

[DrDanny]

my father travels the world quite a bit. and said he always wondered what happened to all the old turbo props they used to fly, till he started traveling to southern Chile and Argentina where he had a reunion with them

On some of those flights down there they ask you how much you weigh before you get on so they can evenly distribute it   

[Fan of Dan]

I took a propeller float plane in Alaska with my wife once. Was really cool landing and taking off from the water. We did it to view feeding grizzly bears in a remote national park in AK.

[SGF]

On some of those flights down there they ask you how much you weigh before you get on so they can evenly distribute it   

They do it on many flights with small planes, I have seen it even on AA flights from LGA-CLE

[Dan]

I have seen it even on AA flights from LGA-CLE

Never seen that.

[SGF]

Never seen that.

Not that they ask the weight but they do move around people for this reason, I have seen it many times.

[Dan]

Not that they ask the weight

Big difference.

[chuchem]

planes are safe, had it from lga-buffalo with us airways
Lufthansa also uses them, flew to Zrh with them
No issue at all.

I think the statement, that pilots are new is not true.

[Yaalili]

I think the statement, that pilots are new is not true.

In my case, that is exactly what happened.

[L'Chaim]

Propeller planes are a lot more aerodynamically safer than jet aircrafts.

[Dan]

I think the statement, that pilots are new is not true.

-1, the pilots are much newer than on mainline planes and they are often worked beyond the legal limits.  They also have less experience in case of emergency. 
See: Continental 3407 among many other case studies.

[Lou Bob]

Only really down south where there isn't so much civilization, you find that in every country.
Actually I have seen that AC and UA use those planes alot for short flights in the east coast

yup, I did hpn-dc on ua

[Mocha]

I think the statement, that pilots are new is not true.

-1, the pilots are much newer than on mainline planes and they are often worked beyond the legal limits.  They also have less experience in case of emergency. 
See: Continental 3407 among many other case studies.

I think the key difference is whether or not the flight is operated by a Regional Airlines vs Major Airline. Major Airlines have stricter requirements before hiring a new pilot. Dan in your example the flight wasn't really continental, it as being operated by Colgan Air.

[Dan]

I think the key difference is whether or not the flight is operated by a Regional Airlines vs Major Airline. Major Airlines have stricter requirements before hiring a new pilot. Dan in your example the flight wasn't really continental, it as being operated by Colgan Air.

Except that no major US airline operates any non-jets or sub-51 seat jets.  They're all regionals painted as major airlines.