Who cares? This industry is about as volatile as a Lousiana oil rig! When it blows up it's not good. The rumor mill has lost it's credibility. Look at the XJ/CPS sale? No one saw it coming. In my short 4 years at OH we have seen the good times and the really bad times. Finally the somewhat good times are returning. Can we at least enjoy that for the moment. I am sure it's short lived.

Beware Pinnacle and Mesaba cause we are coming to DTW. My prediction is we will rise to the top on performance numbers. On nice thing about lack of ACARS. We have been set up to fail at JFK and we always delivered despite the odds.

So leave us alone. The moral of the story is get the hell out of the regional airline industry and move on to the majors. I think the bow will break in a few years.

We are our worst enemies at the regionals. I commuted home on one of USairs old E-190's from philly today that Republic now flys. I bet I make more than that FO on that flight and I fly a CRJ with 50 less seats.