Yes it really is a lovely aircraft - I do miss the EMB experience, but, you know, the Q400 is an okay machine, as you are aware, I have no experience of the old Dash, but those who do, tell me they are night and day. The Q400 performs better than the 145, ( on the routes we do ) on which I spent 10 years, so fair bit of EMB time, you would agree.
I would not expect to be on the Q400 too much longer, I am enjoying the flying from Athens hugely and as you probably are aware, that runs until end of August 2010, by which time I shall be full of Feta cheese and Mythos, the latter slips down rather well, BTW and come 2010, I shall be ready to spend my last few years of my 38 year career, thus far, as a grumpy, but very tolerant, old bugger on the 195.
Safe flying.
FF