I was always taught that QF modelled itself on United - that's where it got the bloated management structure from.
You can bet that it ain't SouthWest QF is talking to.
Any partner QF seeks will mirror the bloated management structure.
....Of course the real Aussie business model would see the place run out of a stack of converted containers in the back of the cheapest hangar available without a business suit in sight.....seen it done....for a while.