I use both airports and both have large flaws and I can't be bothered with the politics. For what it's worth the most frequent comment I hear when getting on a Flybe flight is a groan followed by 'oh no not one of these again' so I'd say the comments about props are perfectly valid. The q4 doesn't bother me for an hour. Beyond that is a stretch. In fact Flybe even seem to be using sector length as part of their marketing (guess they forgot about SOU-ALC).
If citywing decided to launch BFS-CDG in their 410 I'm sure they get the same reception. in 1986 nobody cared what was under the wing, in 2016 they are a good deal more fussy. Sad but true