The Skywest website doesn't appear to have anything on it regarding even expressions of interest for the ATR. Given what Mr Hat and GAFA have said and taking into consideration the closeness of all this happening, would it be unrealistic for
VB themselves to be planning to crew the aircraft? Operated by Skywest, crewed by... It seemed like from the start it was 100% Skywest employment (a la Cobham perhaps for example) but is that necessarily the case now?