If AWAC had 70 seaters, that would be the rate paid to fly those airplanes. You're not making any sense here.

You say (paraphrased) "AWAC's future is bleak because Republic's pay rate on the 70 seater is so low"

I say "AWAC's 70 seat rate is less than Republic's"

You say "AWAC's 70 seat rate is moot because they don't operate it"

In your relentless blabber, you've failed to make any sense. Let me boil it down like this: When a company bids on RFP's, they price out what each of the components of their operation would cost. Even though AWAC doesn't operate 70 seat aircraft, doesn't mean they don't have a pay rate for them. That pay rate is what goes into the RFP price structure. And, I dare say, that pay rate isn't what is preventing the company from losing the RFP's. Clear enough?