So my next question (and I think a couple people have tried to address this) is; how will getting these new RJs be affected by people who are currently flying the SAABs? In other words, wouldn't they all want to move over to the RJ, placing new hires in the SAABs instead? I'm sure there's more to this as far as contract stuff, pros and cons, etc. than my corporate aviation pea brain can understand but I'd sure like to hear what people think about this...especially Mesaba pilots.

Also, does anyone have any idea of what reserve times will be like for new hires (especially if they go on the RJ)? I would think that they need to fill seats right now but again, reserve is a foreign word to a corporate slug like me.

Thanks again....