Foghorn - if your philosophical projection comes true I think you are correct in stating we have little to worry about! However, I have heard rumours that BA may not want to retain any turboprops as part of a regional fleet. Despite this possibility, providing they are replaced with an equivalent/greater number of RJs then their DEP requirement will remain constant at least. However, this may affect the two tier DEP scheme you mooted in your last post. There could conceivably be only one DEP scheme post merger! As I said before we will have to wait to see what happens!