Originally Posted by
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There is alway a place for a small 50 seat presence. I am presuming the lost 50 seaters would be Air Wis and Skywest. That is 170 frames. ExpressJet LR could go and keep the XR. That’s another 68. That would leave about 140 out of the current ~380. Presuming the 550 isn’t the first to be chopped.
Only Kirby and a few others really know, but when he publicly says that the 50 seaters will mostly be gone, I’d guess that he means most of them. In the few articles that I have found talking about this, they all seem to be glad to see them go. One article even called it “a positive note”. I understand that people will be out of work if this does happen, but this was going to eventually play out. Companies like Air Wisconsin and Expressjet are flying an old aircraft with no available replacement that the customers don’t like. The 550 is also a 50 seat aircraft, but it is roomy and has dual class. My guess is that they are the last to go.