"Skywest" The name really says it all, and brings up a few questions. Skywest seems to almost exclusively hold all of the west coast DLC, and UX markets for the respective code share partners. Additionally however, we see skywest operate a lot of routes out of the other hubs in many of the other regional's own backyards. I know skywest is a top rate provider for their service, I've deadheaded on them countless times and their inflight experience is typically superior to other regional companies, but the benefits about skywest pretty much end there. Is skywest mostly influencial in these choices to operate west coast regional routes, or is it organizational skills from the mainline carriers? Maybe it's based mainly on operational necessity such as maintenance...etc. Possibly even aircraft utilization (skywest has the ability to fly additional, supplemental frequencies on the east coast), but there has been countless times that I've seen S5 do "rescue missions" for skywest with some of there aircraft being very tied up, that howver doesn't speak for every hub, at everytime. Just looking for some opions. BTW, I know that Shuttle does some flying out of SLC, but nothing substantional, and ASA (Skywest INC) has LAX. Thanks!