Artic Monkey - you just need to check the daily tech a/c in AIMS to show you the picture, everyday between 5-8 Dash's tech, thats between 10-15% of the Dash fleet. Says it all really.
Think I've only seen a Embraer on there maybe once or twice over a 2 month period !!.
Also the paying public dont want to travel on the Dash - they continually tell us so on there feedback questionairs. There just forced into it.
If the Dash 8 is such a wonderfull machine - why is it that no other European operator is ordering them for there fleets. In Fact Bombardier are having to cut back severly on the build rate. At there current production rate all back order will be completed by Easter 2015 with no further orders forthcoming - because no-one is buying them any longer.