The general public views turbo props as old unsafe aircraft. They can't tell the difference between a Q400 or a Dash8-200. All they know is it has that props and not jets. My mother wouldn't get on a TP, to her anything smaller than a 737 is unsafe. When a larger jet goes down people chalk it up to "it happens sometimes", when a RJ or a TP goes down it is because they are unsafe and a miracle they stay in the air to begin with. It is just a stereotype that you will have to live with.