BAe 146
Like perseus I flew the 146 before moving onto Boeings. I think it's a much maligned jet considering how successful it was commercially. I flew with a former BAe test pilot who made it quite clear it was designed to operate over sectors of around an hour max. At that time we operated some sectors over two hours so the poor old things were stuggling a tad.
Handling wise it was,as I recall, a delight to fly. Although the undercarriage was definitely forgiving I take issue with anyone who says they can't bounce on landing (ok I was u/t at the time!).
I can't give an engineers' perspective on reliability but to be fair I flown a brand new A320 that threw up as many 'glitches' as the 146 ever did.
BBK