Have you looked at RAH year end filing. Those 717's were returned early and RAH paid a penalty to return them early, they were not returned because the leases were up. They were returned because they were replaced. Why do you think people at Midwest are so angry. Boeing wanted to cut the lease rates in half, they did not want those aircraft back. They would have been much cheaper to operate than the E170/190. But they could not get rid of the pilots unless they sent the 717 back. That's why so many have ill feelings.

Everybody takes a chance on their career in the hopes that their airline will survive. When Midwest goes down the way it did(25 years), not because of being bankrupt, but because of greed between CEOs who are corrupt, that tends to stir the emotions a bit.