It's quite refreshing to have PPRuNer that is passionately hating the aeroplane that is not Airbus.
Originally Posted by Remoak
I still think that it is an under-engineered, badly designed POS, designed to the same principles that led to the demise of the British aircraft industry (ie use as little metal as possible and spend as little on development and testing as you can get away with).
Excuse me, but we're talking about Bombardier (nee DeHavilland Canada) DHC-8 400 here and this birdie doesn't fall very short of being full-metal aeroplane. Have you ever seen AOM 12.1.4.2.? It's made of aluminum, steel and titanium with composites used just in some fairings and panels. Also it was certified by a few aviation authorities so you might as well go on fuming about certification criteria being inadequate or cut the POS story. Bear in mind that on average day worldwide Q400 fleet makes more than a thousand take-offs and landings and if aeroplane were really POS than its pilots would have to be supermen to prevent themselves from becoming headlines every couple of days.