Tom Brevoort's assessment of ALPHA FLIGHT is oxymoronic - after saying that AF is hard to figure out, he goes on to say what he thinks AF is:
"Alpha Flight is a tough nut to crack, and in all honesty we haven't quite cracked it yet," writes Brevoort. "So at the moment, there isn't any active Alpha Flight series in development. The problem with Alpha Flight is that the two things that really drove interest in them in their earliest years were the fact that they were these exciting, mysterious new characters who mixed it up with the X-Men (and in some ways resembled them as regards the tenor of their team), and the fact that their series was being written and drawn by John Byrne at the height of his powers and popularity. But when you drill down, the core concept of the series is based on geography, which is very limiting -- they're like the Avengers , but in Canada."
A reenvisioning of ALPHA FLIGHT is conceivable because Steve Seagle, Scott Lobdell, and Mike Oeming tried to do it. Everyone has an opinion on the level of success these three attempts achieved, but I don't think it is unfair to say that none of these versions were given a real chance to be any good.
It depends on what a villain-centric MARVEL wants to accomplish with ALPHA FLIGHT. If the people with decision-making authority feel that AF is more plausible as "villains" in the vein of X-MEN adversaries, then it should be feasible for someone to find a way to bring them back as "villains".
If MARVEL wants to go "retro" and reintroduce most of the original team, then someone should re-read the Hulk-Alpha Flight crossover and see if there was a plot-seed incorporated that could bring some of the "dead" characters back.
But if MARVEL just wants to capitalize on ALPHA FLIGHT's popularity, then it will continue to plant AF characters in various books and tease readers into thinking that a serious attempt is being made to treat this team better.