Originally Posted by newarkblows

apparently this rumor was started by southwest pilots to lock up their upcoming contract. Some of their pilots knew that their contract had gaps in it that needed to be filled. They started spreading around rumors of management fishing for regional codeshare which their current contract neglected to specifically dis-allow. Their new contract (it isnt official yet) is much more aggressive against codesharing, co-ops, and interline agreements but no one knows what the final wording will be in their "regional codeshare" section.

i would bet... almost guarantee that if sky west was given a codeshare with southwest that their pilots would have a little something to say. Especially when the rest of their new contract has a pretty awesome scope clause. There are also a lot of too far fetched things about the original rumor for me to believe. 100 90 seater's? too close to the 737 and way to large of an order for an untested adventure. very unlike southwest's business model and thoughts on cut throat business.

They are discussing this in the Majors category on this forum with more detailed info on their scope. check it out.