There is no money to be made in subsidized routes, and Big Sky really screwed themselves by signing the deal that was offered up by Delta. (no fee per departure, no fuel protection, etc.) In other words, the Boston based Big Sky thing was not a money making venture to begin with and when fuel prices skyrocketed again without protection from Delta, it turned into a money losing one.
How is the KRUT thing working out for you guys over there at Cape Air?? I can't believe that the Feds are allowing you guys to operate in and out of there with the 402's. Pretty touchy in the winter, and the terrain is a little bit high and a lot too close for me to be single engine in a piston twin with ice and a load of pax. We are in there all of the time, but we use King Airs and Citations and the last 121 Operator, Commutair, used the 1900.