One shouldn't rise to MOR's opinions of the 400. His tired old comment of "....I've had conversations with pax who think it's an old aircraft and the 146 parked next door is newer... blah blah blah ...tech problems... blah blah blah" have appeared many times before, and it tends to be followed by posts from passengers who have flown on the 400 and found it a pleasant experience. His mind is made up, so let him carry on.
CaptAirProx -
...some pilots just don't have a feel for an aircraft and fly it like a robot. If you are sympathetic with it, you can get smooth results in the cabin for the pax. Just takes a little thought from up front.
A wise and accurate comment indeed sir. A little thought from those up the front is exactly what it takes, be a little less 'agricultural' is what I say.
I think one thing that should be sorted out is the 'apparent' power change on final. For the benefit of the pax who commented above, this unnecessary (in my opinion) increase in noise (caused by the props increasing to their 'take off' rpm setting) is indeed for peformance reasons, it's nothing to do with the landing, but it's just in case the aircraft has to go around. SAS have a software modification to the Go Around button on the power levers which brings the props up to max when pressed, and this means much quieter landings at an 850 rpm setting.
On the subject of RJ availability, I believe BA want to get rid of their entire fleet. You can bet they're in top notch condition, but I guess they must be too expensive for us.