The seniority list shrunk by hundreds this year. IE, Expressjet is further from staffing 126 145s now than it was a year ago.

I bet the morale at Expressjet has risen quite a bit, being out from under SkyWest's boot - but I also bet that's largely due to hope of growth, not actual growth. There's a great chance it will grow, but it has been doing the opposite of growing. Flight time at the company, as a whole, is down 38 percent YoY.

Whereas Commutair has been adding about a jet per month for the past several months.

I think Expressjet will grow "big league", but it just hasn't started yet, and as such is somewhat of an unknown.