Without knowing anything much about the workings of either the Saudi Arabian contract or the company's inner structure it does, nonetheless, seem strange that Nature Link, had it wanted to, was unable to raise the finance to acquire Emb 145s to replace the 120s it apparently already has in that part of the sandpit. One might perhaps reasonably have thought that the initial contract tender would have been financially based upon the provision of jet services, which might have been more in keeping with the mind set found in that part of the world, than on a turbo prop schedule.
In any event, had the contract been lucrative enough to be sustainable in the long term one would have thought that an accomodation could have been arrived at with either Brasilia or a leasing company to provide such aircraft.
Insofar as pilots are concerned, one can only feel a degree of sympathy for those involved with the company, having experienced at first hand an attitude from some company personnel which might, at the least, be described as strange and out of place in the overall context of an aviation environment.
