Lets see - would I rather suffer in the small, quiet, smooth flying, leather seated baby jet or in the spacious luxurious brain addling noise filled turboprop - particularly the Beech 1900D rear seat center, hmmm thats a hard choice isn't it. It is no secret why several of the US regionals are going all jet - the customers love them. Having spent many an hour in the J31, J41, 1900C & D, Dash 8 and even Twin Otter I can say that I'll take the jet everytime - except for Twin Otter - a better small workhorse has not been seen since this gem from deHavilland.
The Guv can have all of the rattletrap clapped out turboprops - more baby jets for the rest of us