I remember when Island Air was operating a lone Q400 back in 2006, and ATC had loads of fun working that thing in with the Hawaiians and the Alohas. It could climb like crazy and do ITO-HNL in the same amount of time as the 717s and 737s. The pilots loved that thing, especially compared to the Dash 8-100/200, and from a passenger standpoint, it was a pretty nice ride. It wasn't as quiet compared to the -100 as I thought it would be though.