Silverhawk,
Bad Press ???, you mean BWA brought a fourth aircraft to Aberdeen just because they read somewhere it was unreliable - I don't think so. Honest Frank is right about the offshore weather causing delays, this led to backlog and this tended to be when the ATP used to play its Joker and go tech usually at least two together. When the ATR's were at Sumburgh, you'd be surprised at the number of BA pax who ended up on the ATR due to ATP's going tech. In fact my last trip through Sumburgh in December saw a 146 there, diverted from Scatsta due to crosswinds. When it left it also had all the BA pax from another cancelled ATP flight that was left sulking on the apron. The last excuse I heard was that the ATP's didn't like the damp conditions.