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If the "ATR is Number 1 in Turboprops" paragraph sounds like marketspeak, that's because it is: it's taken verbatim from ATR's webpage.
I don't know how much copying is allowed, but the old version (13 Feb 2005 revision) sounded better (and more informative) to me, anyway.
[edit] ATR rear door use
I have flown on two different Aero Airlines (a subsidiary of Finnair) ATR-72s in September 2005, embarking the plane through the front door. I think that the use of rear door for passangers in ATR-72 is not universal.--138.23.181.10 22:22, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Multiple things
I am sitting at the airport with the AT42 parked in front of me and they are not using a pogo stick to support the aircraft. In fact I have never seen them use one. Is it for the 72 only?
It claims that "Passengers are boarded using the rear door (which is rare for a passenger plane) as the front door is used to load cargo." There are several aircraft that board through the rear, B737, B727, A748 and multiple others. It's not rare.
The primary user is stated as American Eagle Airlines but that article says that Executive Air (and Eagle subsiduary) actually runs the ATR. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 12:25, 6 July 2006 (UTC)
