Originally Posted by jrl767

10. (1997) You are booked to fly from Cincinnati, OH to Grand Junction, CO. You were scheduled to connect through Denver but unfortunately Denver has been hit by a major snowstorm and so you’ve been rerouted. Two airlines are involved and you’ll still be flying in First Class on a jet for the first leg, which makes one stop enroute to the connecting point. Thankfully your layover is only 2 hours. Identify the airlines, their respective aircraft and the single enroute stop to the connecting point.
We know it's NW operating to a point in Western Colorado, thence connecting to an HP DH8

NW/Mesaba ARJ-85 into ASE

Yes!!! And if you had to lay over for a couple of hours, Aspen's Sardy Field is just across the road from a nice little cafe run by a pair of friendly and talented hippies. Last time I was through there I had a great lunch at the cafe and then hitchhiked up to Glenwood Springs (only 45 miles away) to catch the westbound California Zephyr. Here's the schedule relevant to the flights described above:

Northwest NW 3504 Cincinnati (CVG) 905a-1005a Minneapolis (MSP) 1130a-100p S Aspen (ASE) Avro RJ85
America West HP 5043 Aspen (ASE) 310p-345p Grand Junction (GJT) DHC-8-400 Daily