I think you are missing the point. No one is arguing there is a comparable Saab replacement. As I have pointed out above, DAL is not interested in serving small cities with Saabs like NWA was. Saab leases are coming in for renewal and DAL is not interested in renewing them at the rate Saab wants.

Reshuffling of jets from one DCI to another will not replace Saab flying. Although, some cities formerly served by Saabs are already being served by XJ CRJ9s. My guess is XJ will probably get some bigger jets in return for most Saabs being parked in the future to serve cities that DAL wants to use 70 plus jets to squeeze Airtran and SWA or to use it as a spearhead for DAL mainline jet route connections.