Originally Posted by
NewA320Driver
"As the ULCC model proliferates it only makes sense to codeshare if they can make more money by not using their own jets and their own pilots (us)."
The answer is they can't. If it's such a money maker why aren't they doing it now? Because getting a few dollars per seat while F9 does the flying is not the way to run a profitable airline.
Both points are as valid as the other, however there's not a single reason why we shouldn't get it in there. Remember, "Spirit wasn't ever going to IPO" either.
And while scope always has the potential to "not be worth the paper it's written on", it absolutely slows them down a bit to think about whether it's worth the cost to break it.