Just spoke to a friend in the training department at U3K. A few weeks ago there was a training dept meeting with the Steve Harfst (CEO) and there was discussion about the future of the company. Harfst stated that Apple has sold 49% of the company to "someone else" and there was now a board of directors that had to approve any growth. At this point the BOD is not interested in spending money on growth and the plan for fall is 7 airplanes and dropping down to 5 airplanes in the middle of the busy season next winter.
Now my question is who is this "someone else", and why would they invest in an airline in this environment for the purpose of shrinking it. Doesn't add up to me.
Probably could find some info on DOT website. I'll do some searching...