Roger Roger
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Dear lord why? Just to have reliable service you'd need 2 parts planes for each 3 active airframes.Cessna 414s.
Well, coming from a small 135 that operates a lot of snowflakes, there is a HUUUGE amount to be said for a large, single type fleet in terms of operating efficiency. Think about it, if you run a two plane outfit you're SOL when one of those is down for maintenance. If you have 10 aircraft it won't kill you. Also, if you have 10 of the same airplanes it gets a lot more cost effective to keep say a spare motor, spare control surfaces, etc etc on the shelf than if you try to spare up for 6 or 7 wildly different airframes (ask me how I know).Not only that, but the ROI on a small carrier just isn't there. Why else do you think you are always hearing about these small companies struggling...