Here's the complete scenario:

1. QX replaces CRJs with Q400s.
2. They get an Ejet contractor to fly E190/195s.
3. The sell Alaska Airlines out of the Air Group.
4. They acquire E190/195s for QX and pay the CRJ (jet) pay scale.
5. They phase out the contractor as they phase in the Ejets.
6. They're betting the legacy that buys Alaska (CAL, AA or SWA) does what legacies always do with West Coast airlines...deploy the assets into the East/West route structure.
7. They rebuild the Alaska System using QX labor, Q400s and E190/195s.

Of course, that would take long term thinking on the part of Air Group management, so it probably won't happen.