The online reservations will be loaded into the website sometime this coming week. Probably Monday afternoon or Tuesday. It's the same 50 seat airplane (E-145s only have 1 by 2), but they're taking out the existing seats/cushions and putting in all new ones with better support/padding. The XMs been installed in our charter airplanes we're waiting for the FAA to give it the once over, and then well be allowed to push in the circuit breaker. All city pairings on the route map I believe are non-stop. So GEG-ONT should be - and it says service for GEG starts April 2nd. As far as frequency/ramp up of flights I think it will take 6-8 weeks to get the full schedule going - just in time for the summer travel season.
As for letters of Rec, I'm not above begging

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P.S. The food will be free too.