Originally Posted by
yesyou
Anyone hear any rumors about the EMB120? Seems like it's on it's way to being phased out. Reduced lines and three planes will be sent back to owners after the summer (leases up); makes me start to wonder.
PDX is being closed on purpose, has nothing to do with the mx reliability of the EMB. Old EMBs with too many cycles will be retired as needed. At some point they seriously are no longer viable to keep in the air. However, if some company were to go out of business that had a few EMBs (not naming names), I'm sure SkyWest would kick the tires on them.