This came from a friend of mine who is a GA pilot. From a pilots perspective he thought the ATR was an interesting airplane.

From a platinum members eyes though, here are his thoughts:

1) the airplanes seats suck. They're uncomfortable to begin with and they don't recline.

2) the environmental contol stinks. The ground air can barely keep up with a warm evening.

3) the plane is loud. It didn't quiet down until the props were pulled back to 77% which took almost an hour.

So this is probably why the ATR's are going away. If and what they are replaced with should be interesting.