I chuckled at this recent comment made on the YouTube video of Air Tindi’s (Canadian) Dash 7’s:
“I was a Captain on the Dash 7 for Pan Am Express for several years. The fleet was part of Ransom Airlines that used it flying into Washington National. Their trick, and one that Pan Am adapted, was to land on a “stub” runway that crossed the active runway. We could therefore operate without a landing slot as our operations (VFR) did not require being added to the lineup of other airliners vying for a landing slot in this very busy airport. There were many captains of other airliners that would nervously ask the controller “What’s that aircraft doing landing on the crossing runway?” The tower would calmly explain that “the Dash 7 will hold short of your runway, cleared to land”. Loved that airplane.”