Just to add t PJ2 posting; I'm sure we are going to see a big increase in the Captain Q400 salary as flybe is desperately short of suitable candidates to put in the LHS of the new aircraft. For some time our CC has been using the comparison of what BA Connect pays for a 50 seat 22 ton a/c as against our 78 seat 29 ton Q400. I believe they are finally seeing the light. Flying the Q400 isn't all doom and gloom, although it does land like a shopping trolly coming off a cliff, and it has a fair set of toys in a modern flightdeck. Just because the 'fan' is on the outside of the engine nacelle, and slower, oh, and doesn't fly as high and .......
