Watching E190's go in and out of Quito. I didn't think they would be "suitable for that operation" either. Properly equipped with 4,200 miles of range, believe me if there was proper motivation this so called "regional" jet would be suitable in a hurry.

I thought there was still a 30 something 76 seat jet gap between the fleet and max allowed. If you are correcting my mistake, sincerely - I thank you.

With the potential for Alaska comes Horizon with its 56 70+ seat regional aircraft. we would enter scope negotiations and not allow that 3 to 1 ratio, wouldn't we? Anyone know the provisions for acquiring another airline with WO regionals? I'm just assuming we'd have to negotiate the outsourcing, but that might also be incorrect. This could be disastrous for Horizon.

Although I sure hate to, guess it is time for another mining project.