tagging onto you, FD,

from neg. committee chair-

"Scope

Our Scope Section is currently the best in the industry. With this contract, it has become even better.

We had four goals in negotiating scope, to preserve our current scope language, to preserve our participation in the Training Center, to blunt the possible ability of the Company to siphon away work through Supply Chain Solutions and to obtain the right to foreign point to point flying.

The goal of obtaining the foreign point to point flying was particularly troublesome as discussing foreign scope issues is not a mandatory subject of bargaining. Another way of saying this is that the Company does not even have to speak to us about the subject and the mediator cannot force them to do so. I am particularly pleased then that we were able to obtain this important piece, as are our scope attorneys. With this agreement, our rights to foreign flying are enforceable in a United States Court.



We also managed to obtain language that shores up our ability to participate as instructors in the Training Center but this part of our contract still lags the industry.

We were successful in limiting the threat from Supply Chain Solutions and preserving our current Scope language.



Score: Industry leading with the exception of Training Center jobs which is industry lagging."