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So what you are saying is you are willing to fly EMB 170's under SWAPA's scope? What the company heard was "you guys want to fly RJ's for SWA?" Be careful how you play that game. You are willing to alter scope as long as it's SWAPA pilot's. SWA would take that offer in a heart beat.
The bottom line is SWA cost's and it's current business model don't support it. JBLU(190) parked them, Breeze(195) parked them. Spirit, Frontier and SWA don't have them for a reason. They don't work in that business model. If you begin to see more connections at SWA over the next few years and more importantly yields improve, then I think its something to be serious about. It took them ten years to figure out partnerships. Granted it was a different regime though.
SWA can currently fly any aircraft it wants under the SWAPA CBA. 1.M.1.a dictates that any aircraft other than a 737 will reopen the contract per 1.M.2.. That dictates the contract may be reopened to negotiate, among other things, rates of pay.
Because those rates of pay have to be agreed to by the BOD, and thereafter the membership, SWA will not operate any aircraft other than a 737 with 175 or fewer seats unless those rates are viewed favorably by us.
So no, SWA won't make that deal in a heart beat because I can guarantee we won't be flying those aircraft for skywest rates. Thats like saying that if we get XLRs or widebodies is "altering scope" that SWA would jump on.