it's a very well known fact that the CEO is not a fan of the Dash at all
Given the market they operate it, I wonder what else he's thinking on? A fleet roll over to the ATR72? Or has he gotten airline CEO fever and decided the future is jets?
The thing that I didn't understand was they had a new fleet of Q400s they swapped for second hand ones when the money was tight having run our of money operating er....jets! If their market is UK domestic non loco niche regional European, being unable to make money with the Q400 may say more about flybe than the aircraft.