Originally Posted by
slowplay
Do you think you have enough (wrong) assumptions in there?
Again, UAL is seeking to reclaim scope. Since that portion of their negotiating position is public, it belies your "conflict" theory.
Delta has reclaimed scope in past negotiations. We capped, then took back flying from ASA when they were operating 100 seat jets. There is nothing that prevents us doing the same thing in future negotiations.
So thanks for jumping to (incorrect) conclusions.
To dovetail this, we can do what ever we want with scope. The FOrd-Cooksey settlement does not stand in the way of that. If we took back everything there is nothing a DCI pilot could do. Of course to show value in unions and unity, we should do our best to make sure we do not throw our fellow alpa brothers and sisters under the bus. Some sort of program should be used to get them first dibs on the job, or some sort of prenup, but to state that we can't do it, is just false.
I believe the best course of action is to sunset these agreements and put the RJ issue back where it belongs. Retake the flying this bogyman of conflict of interest goes away, both in the perception, and in the reality to some of our pilots.