richalex2010 t1_jdvnrv9 wrote
Reply to comment by quietflyr in Does living in an airplane flight path, near an airport, pose a health risk? What happens to the lead from the jets fuel? by [deleted]
> So when talking about airliners, we're mostly talking about jet engines, which, by the way, are a subclass of turbines.
Turbine includes turboprops though, which are a significant minority of airliners and commercial aircraft.
quietflyr t1_jdvvz8z wrote
The pedantry here is incredible...
Dash-8: 1258 built
ATR-42: 497 built
ATR-72: 1000 built
Beech 1900: 695 built
Saab 340: 459
Those would be all the most popular turboprop airliner types in service today, totalling 3909 aircraft built, ever. And we're talking Part 121 aircraft here, not Part 135. Though adding Part 135 would very likely add to my point.
There have been over 11,000 737s built, over 10,000 A320s, and tens of thousands of other Boeing and Airbus types. Plus 4000 CRJs. Plus 3000 Embraers of various types.
But if you want to pretend my comments aren't valid because I used the word "jet" instead of "turbine" and thus excluded a small proportion of the global airliner fleet, go right ahead.
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