Oracle, one of those full 36 seat variant SF340s is actually in the Loganair Fleet in Scotland. They have a mix of 33, 34 and 36 seat 340s. Nothing can do what those SAABs currently do, day in day out, in all weather, up to 35 kt crosswind. Nothing compares to the load they carry and frequency of operations in all weather for that type of business. The US operators may have relegated them to warmer climes, but the UK, Europe and Scandinavia certainly have not (and you don't see them falling out of the sky here). If you actually fly the aircraft the way SAAB specify in the AFM in icing conditions, then they are good, solid and safe machines. It's actually airspeed (or lack of) in icing conditions that kills, not ice. Respect for these flying conditions, crew training and adherance SOPs keep things safe. I'd take a SAAB 340 over a J41 any day. If they can come up with an affordable flight deck and cabin upgrade (and maybe even an engine intake anti-ice upgrade) they will still be hard to beat in 10 years time on this type of route network.