Originally Posted by
newKnow
Bar,
Apparently, it's the aircraft that ALPA somehow thinks is undesirable for major airline flying.
You are exactly right.
The reasons for drawing the line had to do with pay and working conditions. The only way they could figure out how to discriminate was to base the line on aircraft, which was a very flawed decision since airplanes always grow in capacity and capability. It is also a easy limit to work around, as Republic has done with their "marketing certificates."
Inclusive scope would do away with the lines by simply stating "all Delta flying will be performed by Delta pilots." A compromise would be the joint venture language we have which covers the desirable flying. The most ineffective language is the exclusionary language which permits outsourcing of our undesirable flying.
Originally Posted by
Red Five
A few years ago I was teaching some students about the differences in the T-38 C's electrical system when we were updating the A models and I said "and I think there's a flux capacitor in there somewhere".
Blank stares.
I ask "You guys know what a flux capacitor is, right?"
One kid raises his hand and says "Sir, its a term from physics when..."
I stopped him right there. Then I cried.
I own one of those, and am able to quote you before you wrote that.