Remoak - ATRs may not break, but enough of them have fallen out of the sky to make me never want to get on one....
Theiceman - have seen enough Q400 and Emb 145 plogs for the same route on the same day to have to disagree about the inability to make bucks, the burns are remarkably similar. Having scrutinised our washing machine labels, eco performance is not too disimilar, the dash wins on a full load, but on a leg with 40 odd pax think the Barbie has the edge, in terms of time, burn and environmental impact.
That said, the Q400 is a dashed effective machine for the routes it flies and hopefully, these issues will soon be resolved and pax faith restored.
All aircraft have problems and usually, given time are resolved. At least these weren't fatal, which is more than you can say for some commercial types still in service (ATRs ice problems and 737s rudder hardover issues to name but two)