I talked to our captain in Jail and he said he heard from his cellmate that this deal has happened and to be announced soon.

Thats the rumour but we all now how rumours are, what are your thoughts on if it is true though, you are now looking at an airline with 49 saabs, 17 200's, 36 900's and 36 175's = 138 planes

hmm, can you say sell off? It wont be to republic either becuase they are already too big. I say they just sell them back to MAir Holdings.

I think the 4 regionals left in the DCI are going to be 4 holding companies. Republic, Mesaba/Compass, Pinnacle Corp., and SkyWest Inc.

Those 4 holding companies will buy the remaining regionals out there (comair) and control who flies what.