I'm proud to say I've successfully deterred two...by just telling them how much they get paid.

 

Yeah but think about all the cool places you get to go to...like Moline, Lincoln, and Rochester (that's right folks, both of 'em), just to name a few!

 

Man i'll tell ya, Lincoln is awesome, i'm pretty sure that it was named after some guy that lived in the early 1980's.

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Viva La Lincoln

 

I'm sure they are scheduled to be the LAST 17 airplanes pained of the whole Delta Connection fleet. We all know know the 900 is more important. The Saab and 900's fly blue tail so they need the paint first. I guess?? I don't think it's a bad sign for the 200 fleet. There's just not much of a need to see the blue tail paint in Rochester, MN or Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

 

I thought originally the 200's would go first since they had older paintjobs. The 900's are all less than 2 years old. The Saabs were all at least 12 (except for the 3 non red ones, though it'd be nice to get rid of the routemap paint to the cities we haven't been to in years.) and the 200's somewhere in between. Now it seems most if not all of the 900's will go first. It does make you wonder a little at least.

 

I think when it comes to Mesaba they're painting the flagships first. (900's). Just like they did with Northwest and the 747. They're flying blue tail routes. The 200 doesn't fly blue tail routes so why be in a hurry to repaint them?? Pinnacle already has several repainted but they needed it sooo bad. Just like the Saabs need it really bad AND they fly blue tail.
What do you mean when you say "It makes you wonder a little at least"?

 

AND the 200 paint isn't that old. It's the newer paint scheme and way newer than the Saab and a lot of the Pinnacle planes. The 200s look really nice.

 

Nicer than a year old 900?

 

Obviously not if you look up close. But they don't look that much different. The 200 paint job looks better than the Saab because the Saab paint is old.
I will make my point more clear.

1. The 900 is flying BLUE tail flights and is the flag ship plane. They want the 900 to look really pretty in the new Delta colors. I never said the 900 paint was bad or looked old. That has nothing to do with it.

2. The Saab is flying BLUE tail flights in Florida and SC. They want the Saab to look pretty flying in the new Delta colors because of the BLUE tail flights. Also, the Saabs have old nasty pink paint.

3. The 200 is a far distant because it's NOT flying Blue tail and the paint looks relatively good. It's still shiny and in the newest NWA colors. No pink paint and no Blue tail service = NO NEW PAINT for a long time.

I don't think the paint schedule has anything to do with how long one particular airframe will be flying for Delta Connection. It has everything to do with showing off the newest paint on the "coolest newest" plane (in reference to the 900) AND AND AND it has everything to do with replacing the oldest paint on the Saabs because no one wants to have a pink plane in their fleet. Flying Blue tail routes is also a big factor. Since the 200 does NOT fit into those categories then they will be the last to be painted. I"m not sure how much more specific I can be.

 

I'm guessing it's more to do with which planes are being utalized more and which planes have less spares. In both cases the answer is the 200's. Everything will be "blue tail" soon. The Saabs have needed a new coat of paint for years. No need to go further there, we agree. I get your point and figure that the 200's aren't leaving soon unless they are replaced with 900's. I'd expect the Saabs to be the next plane to disappear from Mesaba sometime around 2012.