While it seems to be a project that will not be pursued by NWA... it was indeed looked at. There indeed was a contingency of some sort exploring the options on a Pinnacle CRJ. It was sometime this spring/early summer and it was parked at C27. That is fact. The other fact is that there indeed is a modification that Bombardier offers for the CRJ200. I find it interesting how FC seats can't fit into a -200 when all the CRJ series share the same fuselage cross section.
An interesting killer to the speculation, perhaps.
AZJ