Originally Posted by
iahflyr
I am going to say no. The only thing United would need lift for is to replace Mesa (and that won't happen until Mesa is in Ch. 11 (end of June) or they close (end of the year)).
And please, I hate it when I hear 86 seat rumors, Q-400 rumors, and EMB-190 rumors for companies that have 70 seat scope clauses. Shut up, it will not happen!
Mesa's UA operations are horrendous and have been that way for quite some time. There are bids out there to take over Mesa's flying. Oh and the Q400 can be configured to 68-70 seats per Bombardier.