Unfortunately you seem to be one of the typical "my jet is better than your turboprop" lot.
Oh please try not to be so silly.
The best fun I had in aviation was flying the F27 ( a much better built aircraft than the Q400, as it happens).
I never, in any of my posts, use the term "better than". The 146 isn't "better than" the Q400, as it is a different class of aircraft. What it is, though, is more solidly built, quieter, and more reliable.
The Q400 isn't a "threat" to the 146, the next jet is. The company has a clear objective to operate an aircraft in the 150-seat class.
I don't know where you get the idea it is "spacious", it simply isn't, even "for a turboprop".
but our nice EFIS screens are way better than your old dials and our FMS will hold the aircraft while we sit and drink tea instead of constantly turning a heading bug.
LOL and you accuse
me of playing the "my plane is better than your plane" card...
Of course you have no idea what you are on about, I just tell the GNS-X where I want to go, sit back and watch the map scroll down the EFIS. No heading bug manipulation required. I do all this in the relative quiet and spaciousness of the 146 flight deck. At least we have a bit of space for our coffee and crew meals.
I'm not really sure why you have to get so heated about an aircraft that is keeping the company afloat.
Ha ha, I'm not the heated one, I just give my opinion on the thing and you lot leap desperately to it's defence. I don't have to fly it so I don't care. I just think it's a dog.
The Bombardier order book tells the real story. Really popular aircraft, the Q400. Airlines are fighting each other to buy some... NOT.
Of course all the Q400 pilots desperate to defend their toy are all applying to fly jets... guess they must really love it to bits!
This is great fun... who's next...
