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...some point the discussion turned to who could be counted on to fire which volleys. Several outside groups, including the National Right to Life Committee, Americans for Tax Reform and the tobacco lobby were mentioned. "Right to Life will do radio, ATR will do TV ads," said one of Bush's South Carolina advisers. "ATR will come down with whatever we need." No one in the meeting suggested that the campaign was or should be coordinating with these outside groups. Coordination is illegal, but it is also in the eye of the beholder, and the discussion revolved around the idea...
...regional jets have changed the economics of commuter flights and, by extension, the markets that can be served. In smaller markets, most commuting passengers have no choice but to fly on turboprops, anything from the 19-seat Beech 1900 to the 70-seat ATR-72. But the new minijets can fly at higher altitudes and faster speeds than turboprops. Comair had five daily flights from Cincinnati to Appleton, Wis., a paper-industry center, on 30-seat Embraer turboprops. It now has six flights a day to Appleton, five of which use 50-seat jets. Says Michael Fletcher, a service engineer...
...tough, respected administrator, and his supporters believe he is being sacrificed on the altar of public relations. But others claim that he could be unyielding and slow to acknowledge problems. For instance, it took two fatal crashes before he had the agency investigate wing-deicing difficulties on turboprop commuter ATR-42 planes--a trouble spot the NTSB flagged after the first crash...
...ATR TURBOPROP...
After the crash of the American Eagle ATR-72, the Federal Aviation Administration barred ATR model planes from flying in icy weather. That forced the carrier to move other planes more suitable to cold conditions to northern cities. But late last week, American Eagle canceled all its flights at Chicago's busy O'Hare International Airport after a pilots' union complained that the replacement fleet's crews had not adequately been trained to fly during cold weather...