Originally Posted by
TonyWilliams
3 baskets, actually. Midwest has about 21 of the -200's.
All 22 of the new jets that we have on order (since Nov 07) are -700's or -900's. We've got -200's coming up on the 40,000 hr. life limit (I think 405SW is at 38,000), which will likely be retired.
Of course, we could end up with dozens of 145's soon, so ya, we'll likely have "tons" of 50 seaters for some time.
I flew 405 the other day...a real gem LoL. But she flies better than most (how is that physically possible!). Oh and have you heard about Midwest having us park two airframes (rumor of course)?? Doesn't look good out in MKE, let me tell you - Just flew a couple trips I picked up there and there's lots of talk.