Durrr..this may be a dumb question, but why would QF have bothered with the purchase of Impulse, and the benefits they stood to gain with cheap labour (as everyone mourned the demise of industry standards this was going to cause on this here forum), if they intended to get rid of the 1900's, make all the drivers redundant AND reduce the 717 fleet to boot.. .. .Don't make sense to me, but then I'm not the brightest. Someone please enlighten me? (No personal attacks...this is a legit question).