Originally Posted by
chitownpilot
SkyWest will still have Brasilias around in some capacity until St. George (SGU) has a runway capable of handling the CRJ. They NEED the air line between SGU and SLC. From what I've been told, SGU can't take the 200 or 900, and the 700 would be too weight restricted to make it worthwhile.
SGU isn’t the only airport we fly the EMB’s into that require that kind of performance and efficiency. Add our at-risk flying to the equation, flying that isn’t possible with an RJ seeing their lack of efficiency and you can see that the Bro isn’t go anywhere until we either stop operating to these airports or we have a replacement. You just can’t fly an RJ because you want to fly an RJ. T-Props are always going to be a part of SKW west coast operations, present and future.