Flybe have turned themselves around recently.
A family member is on the Manchester Aberdeen route with monotonous regularity. On time most of the time. Arrives T3 at Manchester.
There's a fair balance between Dash-8 and E175/E195. The crash-8 is fun for a change and the E jets are lovely.
of course the CCR has a long way to come up before its at the level of the Manchsster arrivals lounge experience: a can of special brew in the spar at T3 arrivals.