Originally Posted by
DaveNelson
Now, as far as your contention that Delta has an "industry leading contract," take a look at its scope clause. No, CAL and UAL have better scope clauses than that.
I might give you that CAL has a better scope clause than DAL when it comes to RJ's, but DAL just might have a better scope clause overall than UAL.
What kind of protections do you have with Star Alliance carriers and "sharing the flying"?
Aer Lingus IAD-MAD anyone? (NOT allowed in any way shape or form at DAL)
Does UAL RJ 51-76 seat scope have a hard cap or does it change with the size of the mainline fleet? (DAL is hard capped at 255 outsourced large RJ's no matter how big the mainline fleet gets).
Let's not kind ourselves though...SWA has the best scope clause among US passenger airlines.