INAUGURAL FLIGHT on Silver Airways (Greensboro to Nashville)

Watch this video to fly onboard Silver Airways’ Inaugural Flight from Greensboro, North Carolina to Nashville, Tennessee.
Silver is a regional airline operating ATR-72 Turboprops from Florida, the Caribbean, and the Southeast United States.
I was over-the-moon excited to grab a ticket for this service. I was even the first passenger to ever check-in with Silver Airways!
There’s not a lot of services or features onboard, but we’ll still explore them all.
We’ll even give the experience a JebScore! We modified the Lounge score to better reflect an Economy Experience by focusing on the Ground Experience with things like boarding, communication, etc.
Unfortunately, Suzanne couldn’t join me on this trip, but she’ll be back soon!!
0:00 Introduction
2:24 Water Canon Salute
3:45 Departing Greensboro
6:31 JebScore
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[@CarTalesCrew]

I appreciate the fact that you declined to have them compensate you for making this video because people would feel the need to lie. As always great job.

[@ChrisHockman]

And mentioned it. A lot of people just wouldn’t have. That’s why I appreciate this channel

[@GeeBee212]

I appreciate it too but since the airline knows who he is and knows his influence, he is more likely to receive their very best customer service experience.

[@cgreen186]

I also appreciate that he turned it down. You do such a great job and are one of the honest straight forward persons.

[@philnaegely]

@@GeeBee212 true but still like the transparency

[@ScottRothsroth0616]

Rough timestamp 1:38 .

[@sla31]

I saw my head a couple times! I’m famous 😂! Always fun sharing flights with you my friend!

[@GreenerGrass]

You rock! It was awesome to chat with you. Hope to see you again soon!!

[@cpardun]

Love that you're as excited about a super cheap, no-frills flight as much as that first class long separate bedroom flight you and your wife took recentely. Love these videos!

[@rachfish]

Those people probably still haven't recovered from the shock of you declining the free ticket. 🤯 Your integrity for your channel is unrivaled. ❤

[@kiwibeast2162]

I like the idea of smaller regional airports I live near a small regional airport, and it makes flying to bigger cities much easier without the hustle and bustle of an international airport

[@canislupus3849]

Thanks for doing more of these "smaller flight" videos! I know you had mentioned in the past that they aren't as popular as your first class ones, but for those of us who travel domestic and a bit more on the cheap...it's nice to see what they're like. Enjoy the next ones.

[@Aviationclips737]

Such a cool livery! Jeb you should do Avelo’s Inaugural flight from SLE to LAS in October! It will be Salems first commercial flight in over 15 years!

[@Waffleishere1]

YES

[@dom12011]

That’s cool to see that silver is expanding. Growing up in Florida. I would definitely remember them going from Fort Lauderdale to the Bahamas and Jacksonville and Orlando as well.

[@diannewi]

It's great to see smaller airlines with good equipment flying to "out of the way" places. What a gain for Greensboro, flights to BNA and TPA. Thanks for another sweet trip report.

[@armyavi8tor]

I used to fly the B1900 and Saab about 10 years ago for silver. Very unique operation for sure. Glad to see they’re still going, I know Covid hit them hard and hopefully they’re getting their business in order as they’ve had a bumpy ride. It was some of the funnest flying I did in my airline career, definitely exceptional!

[@dcFaddy]

Silver is a roach. Won’t go away as much as you try

[@droe1021]

No you didn’t.

[@BATTLEBISCUIT1]

As a Floridian in the situation, I am so excited because I can fly out of Orlando to Greensboro very soon

[@MrLemonz]

Worked with Silver Airways at Greenville (GSP). Mainly the ATR 42-600, although once in awhile the 72 would come. Loved it! For how small they are, they are so loud but easy to work with.

[@beardown6574]

Congrats Silver! Inaugural flight very cool. And even better from your home airport.

[@gfrede1]

I’m glad you flew Silver. I was a pilot there for a long time and one of the first line pilots to get typed on the ATR there. Who were your flight attendants? It’s such a great airline. Very small, family and service oriented. Thank you for highlighting them. I hope you fly on them again!

[@Mattthewanderer]

I live in Nashville and THIS is the first time I have heard of Silver Airlines. I will be checking out their website as soon as this video wraps up.

[@DaveInLAS]

Awesome video as always but we missed Suzanne, please give her our best and tell her we were asking about her.

[@cgreen186]

The clouds are beautiful and the green scenery below.

[@jeffreyfritz5866]

Great job, guys! A transatlantic voyage is definitely on our bucket list. Oh, BTW. Don’t let the crew hear you refer to this as a “boat.” It’s a ship!

[@blossomct]

I'm from Mebane but live in CT now. I always love it when you fly out of Greensboro as I miss that area so much! Hope Silver will fly up here so I can come home to visit.

[@nick.4783]

They just announced they are coming to West Palm today with 5 new routes beginning in March, considering giving them a try.

[@briangasser973]

I appreciate you declining the sponsorship. Silver has had issues paying its rent at FLL and has been on the verge of being kicked out. I hope they treat Greensboro better.

[@Grayson_Phillips]

I am a photographer based at KBNA, I got the chance to catch this first flight in. Very cool to know that you were on this plane!

[@andyasumtneer1978]

It's been years since I've been on a turbo prop! Glad to see they are still used

[@philhowells7715]

"A bag of goldfish" 🐠 That was so amusing, that'd be some really fresh sushi 🍣 🤣

[@lgreen8777]

Thank you posting this. I've been wanting to go to Winston Salem for a few years. I'm so glad there's a direct flight now!

[@samuelbarringer715]

I have been flying to Greensboro Airport since I was a child since I have family in North Carolina and grew up in California.

[@markveals2915]

We lived near Winston Salem from 2011-2021, and now in Burlington since 2022. Love flying to/from GSO/PTI.

[@johndornoff]

I Flew Silver last November from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale, and it was a good flight and I would fly them again.

[@thomasbohls2539]

I'm from Greensboro! We saw you on a news interview, and have been waiting on this inevitable video to be released!

[@kanwasengupta6814]

Flied silver connecting at tpa with united as ewr-tpa-tlh. Was really charmed by the no fuss boarding and flight. Really happy that it connects tlh through united to other destibations!!

[@andrewjohnston6841]

These regional airlines are vital for the movement of people across any nation. Good to see your home town is now accessible.

[@Sebastian-xl7vd]

I saw you guys at Airlines Videos Live!

[@dznutz217]

When I saw your video, I was really happy because I live in Orlando and it is a great no-thrills airline to go to the Bahamas and the Keys. With their great prices, I can make quick trips up to Greensboro and then drive to Charlotte to see my daughter. She used to live in Burlington and that would have been amazing! Hope they add Charlotte as a stop. Most importantly, Thank You for all of the awesome and informal videos you share with us!!!!

[@williamgriffis8733]

Great video Jeb. Love the turbo props. I always appreciate how transparent you are in giving reviews. Not taking anything from the airlines you fly and giving your honest feedback. Keep up the great work. As always, fly safe😊

[@afhyoutube]

More airlines are always better. Love it.

[@kevindavis900]

I have work in Winston next week and almost took Silver from PTI to Orlando for a weekend trip. The price was fair, but as a Charlottean, it was a better deal to take Allegiant out of Concord round-trips to Orlando-Sanford. (Which I prefer since my grandparents lived in Sanford and I have fond memories of going to an airport board meeting many years before they added commercial service to the former military base.). As a veteran of old Dash-8 flights between Gainesville, Fla. and CLT/ATL I miss the turboprop experience with the fast loading planes and lower altitudes. I’ve never been a big fan of PTI what with having the clean, modern, non-stop convenience of RDU on one side, and the American Airlines monopoly hub at CLT that at least gets you almost anywhere on the planet with zero to one stops. But good for you, Jeb, for repping your hometown airport. The growth of parcel services, HondaJet and hopefully Boom there are really good for NC’s economy.

[@AN-tp4rs]

Love that your doing Ground Experience now!

[@jamesf791]

Great video Jeb. I'm happy that you didn't allow the airline to possibly persuade your opinion on them but you were able to buy your own ticket. At the end of the video we got to see "Counter Airlines" maybe they will be a new video coming soon to a KZbin near us.

[@Perthling-kh7we]

I come for the travel and scenery. I stay for the watch collection. Thanks, Jeb.

[@uncoilinglist]

I saw the local news in Nashville post about this flight and I told my husband if you weren't on this flight I was going to be personally offended! Hahaha glad you were on it!!

[@ck4426]

Love your inaugural flight videos!!! Thank you!!!

[@nickmooreHDR]

Love relaxing and watching your videos on the weekends

[@TheRareVideosXL]

I appreciate your honest and unbiased reviews and I also like the new addition of the ground experience for economy class flights.

[@97nelsn]

I feel like I need to drink an cold sweet tea when sitting in the porch area of Greensboro airport before a flight.

[@tripp540]

Great review! Thanks for sharing

[@billnj4923]

Another well done video. Thank you

[@roberthodgins5740]

great video and always great to see new airline up and running

[@TheBub2015]

Such a cool looking plane. Great review as always!

[@PatriciaRoggero]

I have binge watching all of your videos love them all really love your rail travel thank you

[@ianschiller9612]

Great change of pace

[@Clarence_Oddbody]

Deregulation killed most of the true regional airlines like Mohawk and Piedmont. You could fly Piedmont from Wilmington to Asheville in a few hours with stops in Fayetteville and Charlotte. It’s nice to see regional flight service returning to the SE.

[@stevekassel3301]

Deregulation reduced fares.

[@timothyb949]

How fun! I always enjoyed flying on turboprops... Keep up the good work Jeb!

[@JayCla2212]

I really wish I would’ve been at work on the day you made it to Nashville! I probably would’ve geeked out. Team BNA!!

[@mxrubyrouge]

Huge thumbs up for not taking the money for this! Integrity is rare in travel channels.

[@MrKevinH]

Awesome video. Thank you for featuring PTI...I loved flying out of there when I lived close to Greensboro.

[@cleopatrabonz]

Love your enthusiasm Jeb, the plane is very nice.

[@jeffp2142]

I’ve been watching you a while and just have to say that your energy and enthusiasm is the realest on KZbin. Thank you for the great videos and truly keeping it real! ✈️ ♥️

[@pollytiks3885]

That view alone is worth the ticket price!! 🤩 I generally prefer puddle jumpers to the big airlines. Thanks for taking us along! ✈️

[@TammyMullins-jv8wm]

Thanks for visiting Tennessee 😊

[@atthemoment14]

I love your videos. Not many regional mainline airlines, like Silver or Avelo. Gotta appreciate them.

[@soniayoung7531]

Hi Jeb,thanks for sharing your experience with us, for so short a flight and the cost not bad ,stay safe

[@htoddgriffin4787]

I grew up in Greensboro and had to move to Raleigh in '95 to be closer to an airport because I travelled for work. PTI is a great airport and I did my flight training there in the early '80's. GBO should have been equal to Charlotte but they waited way too long to build the new terminal and they lost a lot of time/traffic to Raleigh and Charlotte. Mostly I miss Piedmont Airlines. It was always nice getting on a flight after being in NYC or Boston for a week and having the flight attendants sound like home.

[@Paylorek]

They are really clever for working around the Avianca livery, i knew that looked familiar. Great little airline all around :D

[@wingflex5367]

Love it! Also enjoyed seeing you guys on Airline Videos :)

[@dawnwhitley9998]

I didn't know you were from this area. Thanks for pointing out our airport WINT.

[@brentshepard3925]

Very first aircraft I ever worked on the ramp in MGM was an ATR-72. A lot of people complain about them and CRJs, but they reserve a special place in my heart.

[@robertkadow3367]

You do an awesome job - always watch your videos

[@lakigila29]

Great job guys

[@stcrombie]

We flew Silver Airways from Tampa to Key West about five years ago. It was an older, smaller plane than this one, with a one-two configuration, and it was cramped! Our pilot, dressed in shorts, loud shirt, shades and long, blond hair, looked like he'd be more comfortable at a beach bar somewhere. Never again!

[@ColtonFromTexas]

As always, the content is much appreciated! Boarding a plane brings out the child in me every single time, never gets old! Flying to Boston from Texas in a few weeks and I am looking forward to it. Cheers from Texas.

[@williamchristian8389]

Great Jeb!!!!!

[@bensparrenberger3910]

Great Video Jeb! I really appreciate you love for Aviation. It was good to see you and Suzanne on Airline Videos Live the other day!

[@cyberguypr]

Bravo on the transparency. One of the big factors that keeps me coming back for your content.

[@lemonmerrengue]

Keep up the good work man! Supporting these smaller airlines is key to connecting parts of the country that would otherwise be excluded.

[@TheShootinStar]

I was looking for my hometown, Johnson City, TN. Great video!!

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Fantastic video as always Jeb!

[@weath3rch4rt31]

I was wondering if you were going to be on that flight! Glad you were! I experienced my first Inaugural Flight in June when Westjet came to the DC Area. Such an incredible time!

[@JetsetMikey]

What a wonderful video as always! Also nice to see my home airport of BNA get a new airline addition. :)

[@fva299]

My favorite airline from Tampa to Key West! They are awesome, comfy seats and great crew!!! Not to mention its a beautiful flight leaving Tampa over the Gulf coast! Great video...

[@munchie3310]

Being at a lower altitude the view is awesome Jeb!

[@hunterhurley5245]

Glad Silver is expanding! They've been serving my airport (TLH) for many years and have a great reputation.

[@animal16365]

I love looking out the window from a airplane. So much to see

[@genettec]

I stumble across your videos every once in a while and didn’t realize PTI/GSO was your airport. I’m with a different airline but it would definitely be cool to meet you on one of my flights! Safe flying!

[@c.........304]

Looked like fun Great Video!

[@jonkemp4325]

My home airport too and I love flying out of GSO! Glad to have Silver Airways serving us!

[@mdavisgunter]

Great to this starting from PTI. My former home was just a few miles west… I produced news at WXII.

[@Atlridesharejay]

I didn’t know you were a Greensboro native. I grew up there and my dad was a big booster of PTI when he was working at the Daily News. It’s nice to see the airport getting more use. It was a great place to grow up.

[@Muddog-md7ob]

I have to say Jeb, you are one of the most articulate and polite people I’ve ever seen. Forever subscribed! Also, showing my family your website as we love to explore new ways to travel😁

[@gameloser123]

Jeb you are a class act

[@richardsmith4187]

Nice review of your flight and honest opinion of the service and aircraft. Now not only trains, but plane reviews ... how cool is that !! Come visit Tampa as it has probably one of the best airports in the country and lots to do here. Keep up your great videos.

[@SouthernBelle19715]

Jeb you're making me homesick I'm a Greensboro, NC girl in California and I love seeing our town represented. Thank you for the awesome videos and enjoy your next adventure

[@michaelp8794]

I live just east of PTI on horse pen creek. I keep hoping i run into you shopping one of these days. And yes this airport is so nice and easy to fly in and out of! Love it.

[@Cloud9DST]

Interesting plane, nice to see.

[@angusmcdonald7944]

Having seen Silver in the Bahamas and knew that they and Seabourn are related, flying up to Greensboro is smart for them especially in hurricane season and connected PTI to Nashville.

[@marcusdamberger]

Nice video highlighting the ATR-72. I last flew on one with SAS from Hannover to Copenhagen early morning during the summer, flying over the Baltic Sea. Flying lower than a conventional jet let's you see so much more activity below. Like you mentioned you enter from rear, allowing you to get up close to the aircraft. I love the noise of the props on the ground as they taxi and change pitch, or when they shut down and you get that raspy lower tone and they wind down. It's a little more vibration and a little more noise, but not too much more than a jet.

[@SweeneyJeffreyJ]

The ATR reminds me of the Dash 8 and q400’s. They sip fuel. I used to be a flight attendant and we operated Dash 8’s all over the East Coast including Greensboro.

[@GoOregonDucks]

Always making great content! Keep it up! I think you would like alaska airlines flight from Seattle/los Angeles to Belize city it is very beautiful there and their service is pretty good

[@Noah_Abroad]

Great video Jeb. Silver Airways is my former employer. Good memories there!

[@mgpnc7828]

Great meeting you last weekend at GSO, Jeb! I hesitated to walk up and say hello, but couldn't pass up the opportunity. Hope to see you there again since we share the same home airport. Keep up the great work. - Matt

[@catylynch7909]

That looked like fun. It was, likely, more fun for me because YOU were the one on the prop plane. You're right about prop planes making some people nervous ... like me. That trip would, definitely, required wine. 😄 However, the visuals of the mountains, etc., were great. Glad you enjoyed it ... and, Good Luck to Silver Airlines!

[@andreworiez8920]

I LOVE turboprops and miss the Great Lakes EMB-120s and Beechcraft 1900Ds that would fly from Cheyenne down to Denver.