Think people have forgotten how this topic started...Yet again another Q400 has been sent to the hangar and the 146 is left to pick up the bits....fact. It may have the air quality of a local nightclub but seems to peform better when airflow is passing over the wings. and being a right hand seater on a 146 and being called to do dash routes every other day...we see it how it is.
More worrying is the fact that the 146 is 60's technology that is still working well, where as a Q400 is modern technology that..well just isnt...and they are getting 40 more of the things! Great!...for my logbook as a 146er i guess!!