Oh so true, the ubiquitous cost of safety.
Then again, to imply that the Q400 is inherently unsafe is a little early and while i'm drawing pure speculations here, I still think the particular salty moist environment at CPH and corrosion of actuator bolts will get a mention in the report. Let us not get into that again. The history of Q400 at WF had been spotless nevermind the rough nature they operated in. And let's not forget that the cited reason for SAS dropping the dashes was the lack of confidence in the type among customers, caused by the load of bad publicity the type received from the day they turned up at Kastrup. Nothing safety related. I bet there was a lot of pondering in the higher SAS circles whether the
PR could be bent in any way so as to have the Q4s back and not lose face in public. They definitely get my star for policy integrity though I'm going to miss the dash.