Originally Posted by TJBrass

Bedford does'nt want, and never wanted ORD. That base was was a left over after Sh***-Taco STL closed. If I remember correctly (and one of the RJETers can correct me if Im wrong) but I believe that there were two different pay scales, at the time, for the E140 and the E145. The Rev keep ORD only so he could pay the lower scale to the 140 crews. Any 145 flying was crewed from IND. RP does the same thing in CLT. A ton of flying that is crewed from the Mega-Outstations.