Originally Posted by
ChipChelios
My .02 is the SAAB will go the way of the doto bird and will never be replaced. I bet in 5-10 years we will be an all Q400 fleet. EAS stuff that the Q400 is too much airplane for, they will dump. (just my prediction)
There are people who have been watching the Q's performance and magic money making capabilities. There is alot of interest. All I'm going to say is, there are going to be alot of Canadians buying new cars and homes in the next few years.
For all those who are about to chime in with "wah wah, pay" or "wah wah, bottom feeders", the pay scale will be taken care of! Soon.
Saabs may be
Dodo birds (
Dodo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia), but 30ish pax turboprops are not. Some routes support 6 pax (enter Cape Air), some support 30 (Brasillia, Saab, Jetstream), and some support 70 (Q400).
Unless you are saying Colgan will just abandon the 30 pax market... possible, but
if there is a replacement aircraft, hard to believe.