Originally Posted by
JediCheese
As you said, they're scoped out of 70/76 seaters. Only way to add more small flying is 50 seaters.
I thought the 550's were the future but that costs money vs flying the 200/145 until they are no longer economical to keep (and cash in the bank is the name of the game right now).
I think the 200/145 are around for another 5-10 years. They'll go the way of the turboprops eventually but hopefully none of us flying them now will be flying the last ones to the desert.
Scoped out on 70+ seat airframes yes. But they can fly them more hours if they fly 50 seaters less hours. They don’t need more flying. They need more productive flying.