Originally Posted by
sevenforseven
This: "Moreover, US passengers are notoriously skeptical of turboprop aircraft, which could leave airlines hesitant to invest in the product." I don't think an airline running the Q400 has a prayer against an airline running E-175's, even if that means they can't take off out of Monkey's Eyebrow, Kentucky.
Just imho.
Pax are idiots. They see props and automatically think it's ancient. I overheard one once saying they our ATR-72-212A (deliveried in 98) was more than likely built in the 60s.