I'm not sure about this 'uncomfortable for pax' statement. I currently operate the ATR 72 and have flown in them plenty of times down the back as a pax and also flown the Q400 as a pax several times. I have only experienced the Saab 2000 once as a passenger (Edingburgh to Norwich with Eastern in 2005) and remember it as being impressively quiet, comfortable (and fast) in the cabin in comparison with the other types. I liked being in the single seat on the left. I admit that at that time, I wasn't regularly flying on TP's (was flying an Islander for a parachute centre at the time and was positioning back from delivering the aircraft for maintance) and may have been influenced by the complimentry bubbly and salmon sandwichs. (My boss, an ex Parachute Regiment Sergent, when I told how much I'd liked the in-flight sevices said "You bastard, do know how much that flight cost me!)
