The high and mighty in this industry need to get over the moniker "regional"....Nearly all of the companies flying JETS today fly the breadth of this country not to mention operations into Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean.

There was a time NOT in the far distant past when so called legacy carriers flew airplanes smaller than those these JET carriers fly today. GET OVER it... the business is changing and has been and will continue to do so well into the future.

As for SWA taking on a partner for smaller market flying.....doesnt seem plausible or to fit their model of what has been a success for them.