>>1619832Because the PC-12 is extremely economical, the maintenance they do is terrible, and they pay & treat their pilots like shit.
>>1619851>Essential Air Service programFYI Essential Air Service program aka "EAS" is free money for small commuter companies like boutique. The government wants to promote air travel to remote cities so they give free money to the companies that win the bid for the routes. The company gets paid no matter what as long as they fly the routes so flying an empty pc12 that costs around 600-1k an hour to operate is almost always profitable even if there are no passengers.
