Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

What's bolded above is SUCH a critical point and provides us a shot at salvation. Since the 1974 court case that sets the precedent regarding Scope, management has NO LEGAL ALTERNATIVE if we disagree to any changes in Section 1. The NMB is legally obliged to remove any Section 1 changes from the bargaining table if WE just say no. Everything else is hard negotiations, but with Section 1 changes, we only have to say no. This puts us in the driver's seat because economics and traffic congestion is rapidly killing 50 seaters and will soon kill off 76 seaters. Management's ONLY HOPE is that we ALLOW higher than 76 seat jets. If we simply don't, management is stuck with a Section 1 that is meaningless...unlimited use of jets that will do nothing but lose them money.

If we hold the line on Scope right here ladies and gentlemen, time and economics will make our current Section 1 weaknesses irrelevant. Now whether ALPA/DALPA will grieve any blatant violations of our Scope, the obvious answer there is no. But at least we can control whether we keep ALPA. We lose all options if we give one more inch on Scope.

Carl