Originally Posted by
Equinox
Hate to be the party pooper, but take a look at when their contract is amendable, and imagine when the fleet reduction(furloughs) will happen, prior to the saab replacements coming on board....
With the new aircraft came a 6 year contract, so we are amendable in 3+ years.
Considering nothing happens that fast I suspect that the SAAB replacements could come later than that. The only but in the issue is whether or not "Delta" or "Northwest" require more 70+ seat aircraft. The only way that can happen with the scope on 70+ seat jets is to do a 70+ seat turboprop. A Q400 is plenty fast and has plenty of range to replace the AVRO and we flew those things all over the place.
Mesaba could really save some money on salaries, there are many senior jet Capts. that would go to a Q400.