just to clear up the confusion: (not trying to be patronizing but maybe some people are confused) expressjet flies 205 airframes for continental, 21 for delta, and roughly 30 airframes under their own brand. xjt's routes on branded are extremely limited and their aircraft are painted like a tube of aqua fresh along with a green tail and large Expressjet written on the side of the aircraft. No green tail = not a branded flight. We have had to use our branded aircraft on Continental mainline routes due to a lack of coverage from Chautauqua but i don't think we have done so in the recent past.

with SWA pulling back expansion, their new pilot contract, and SWA's business model .... this rumor has a whole lot of holes in it. The biggest hole is going to be the reaction of SW's pilot group. Hopefully their management isn't aiming to sneak one buy them by letting them vote in a contract and then sneaking this code share through after the pilot group passes the contract. This doesn't sound like their management though.