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Originally Posted by ackeight  You make it sound like we lose an engine every night......  . The PT6A series has an In Flight Shutdown rate of 1/every 100K flight hours. I like those odds. Unfortunatly Airnet seems to be on the short end of the stick in that department.
*edit* JFYI all other PT6 engines have an IFSR of 1 per 250K hours. |
It isn't about how "bulletproof" the PT6A is (I've heard that a million times) or how infrequently the engine quits. It's about minimizing risk. To me, a professional pilot minimizes risk as much as possible. That's how you increase safety, which is absolutely the number one priority on my flight deck.
-mini