Originally Posted by
Rivet Joint
Grow up. It's a choice of the q400 or nothing for the majority of the routes BE operate. I will take the q400 over nothing as would anyone else with any sense.
As for the landing gear issues, have any been fatal? Do landing gear issues happen with other aircraft?
The q400 is built like a tank and lives a very hard life with numerous short stop and goes throughout the day. Lets also not forget that BE's jet experiment has brought them to their knees.
Sadly the landing gear on the Q is anything but tank like and is of a very poor design which has resulted in far more than it’s fair share of failures. ....