Here is the lowdown for northwest rfp.

Northwest buys mesaba. Compass was created and supposed to be staffed by NWA mainline pilots. There are no main line pilots left to fly the emb175 for compass. Mesaba/Compass flies the emb175 under compass for northwest. Pinnacle flies the rj900 for northwest. There is no reason for mesaba to have any more Crj's in their fleet. All the avros are gone, so they can start fresh with a brand new plane. pinnacle on the other hand flies only crj's so the transition to the 900 would be easier and quicker then giving them a different type of plane. so in conclusion northwest buys mesaba, merges them with compass, they fly the emb175's that compass is going to receive, pinnacle flies the 900 for northwest. You guys did see that the pinnacle management just about doubled their stock holdings yesturday right?? Maybe the stock is going to be worth something real soon. started out at 5 a year ago, then 10 a couple months ago, now 17, and they just doubled their holdings??? hmm