The aviation section of the Australian would indicate the 717's are here for a while, as are the smaller jets into the future, Cseries, mitsubishi's etc, one could assume that Cobham have a positive short term future AT LEAST. Replacing current experienced jet pilots with boat pilots who cannot attract and retain a workforce isn't very sensible is it?
The stats indicate their on time performance and reliability is the best within th QF group, the price is obviously acceptable, so apart from keeping a few pilots happy, why would they change?