SKW lease on the Bros (Emb) ends in 2011, so you'll see them around at least until then. SKW will have to replace them seeing that it's becoming harder to find parts. SKW had a Bro sit for 2 weeks because the part it needed had to be specially fabricated.

Q400's would be nice, but SKW will need a plane the size of the Bro for most of its prop routes. We could be looking at a set up like Horizon which operates Q200's (dash 8's) and Q400's. Q200 can be configured for about 35-40 Pax which is 5-10 more than the Bro and the Q400 to about 76 Pax. The only problem with operating an airplane over 30 seats is that SKW loses the ability to work its 121 Bro pilots under 135 hours. As a Bro pilot we work 135 hours: 1200 yr, 120 mth, and 32 in 7 days. 121 hours are 1000, 100, 30 respectively. If you operate the Q200 SKW will be unable to work us as hard as they do.