[quote=Bond;394480]There are no available aircraft in the market, and you're telling me that papa CAL will magically make them appear out of thin air? Whether or not CAL has interest in diversifying more feed is irrelevant, if the frames are not available, I suspect Colgan will be seeing more Q400 flying....welcome to reality my brother.[/quote

I never said that. I may not be right in what I am about to say but I think that if CAL do not renew a contract with any operator it would free aircraft that was flown under that contract.

Also, MESA is clearly using the last tube of oxy, now they may last a few months more but not years for sure. TSA is trying to sell some of their 145s, Embraer itself have 145s from other operators not only in the US but also around the world for sale so to say that there are no 145s on the market is strange. By 2009 there may be a lot of 145s for sale if SKYW would like to lease or own any and would not be provided the aircraft by CAL from whatever contract they did not renew (strange).

Do you say that XJTs contract (even if CAL does not renew the contract)prevents CAL from giving any airplanes to any other operator that they might sign a contract with?

So even if CAL does not renew a contract with XJT, XJT gets to keep the aircraft under that contract that was not renewed? aircraft that are owned by CAL?
That sounds a bit to strange to me.................