Believe me, I would like all the so-called "regional" airlines to be "regional" again. That means max 50. Better yet, max 19 seats. But it ain't that way anymore unfortunately.

I would love to have my next airplane be a 90 seat airliner. At a major or legacy carrier on their seniority list.

With that said, that ain't gonna happen probably. So I hope that AWAC does what it needs to do. Besides, historically AWAC was always an operator of larger airplanes and not always a traditional regional feeder. The BAe-146s we had held up to 100 passengers. Air Wisconsin has also operated the BAC-111 at one time.

It was an independent operator which over time become a 'regional' carrier like the others, but also had a different history than most.

But in today's market I think they will have to be able to operate 76-seat airplanes to make competitive bids to other carriers if they want a chance to work for them.

United...... Mesa replacement......