Originally Posted by
Wycombe
Anyway, as others have said, short-haul aircraft are of course designed for a high-cycle life.
Really?
Accident: Westjet DH8D at Terrace on Jan 31st 2020, nose gear collapse on landing
If you fleet consists almost entirely and will soon be pretty much entirely Q400 you can't afford to be skimping when the plane has a propensity to do things like this.