<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Jacque:
UAL is in BK, I don't the the judge will allow any assests(route, planes, ect.) to be moved anywhere.</font>
Why not? If United can present a plan to it's creditors showing how those assets can make money (or at least lose less then they are now), it is in their interests to allow the BK judge to make the move.
It can (and has been) debated whether or not a "Southwest United" can compete any better (or worse) than the current mainline product.
But until UA releases more details on the economics of such a spin-off airline...