It's not a chance Loco - it's happening. Melbourne crews are in training (some are already checked) for the Q400 and rumour I heard was late April/early May for the aircraft to arrive down there. Going to be interesting times seeing how the Melbourne crew/support staff are managed in order to operate one aircraft of each type.
Crosswind limit on the Q400 is 32 knots (as opposed to 36 on the classics).