It's about Flybe recruiting. These people will be recruited to fly the Dash. It is important to give them correct information and not 'big up' the Dash.
It's not a jet*, it doesn't handle like a jet*, it hasn't got the performance of a jet*. It is an overpowered (when it's not full) turbo prop with similar performance to an ATR 72-600. You don't hear ATR pilots comparing their steed to a jet* do you?
Yes it's quirky, but so is everything else you'll ever fly. And yes a mishandled approach or engine failure will result in a bruised ego and a bruised 'plane whichever type you happen to be flying at the time - Jet* or turboprop, or glider, or Chipmunk, or 172, or Duchess, or hot air balloon.
And no, at the moment, I haven't got anything better to do. What would you suggest?
*Again, jet is a generic term, which one does it compare to?