Originally Posted by
dosbo
This is why scope should be 100%. If it is a flight on a UniCon ticket or the aircraft is painted in UniCon colors then the pilots must be on the UniCon pilot list, PERIOD.
Each airline should only be allowed one certificate to operate with thier own paint job and single pilot list by FAR. I know pipe dream. That way if passengers are flying on subcontracted work they will notice the different paint and maybe ask questions. Like, "If I paid for a Continental aircraft and experienced crew, why am I flying on JOE BOB'S Airservice/Flight school?"
I've been trying to catch up on what is going on with UCAL and their scope stance and I have to say that I've thought we need to go back to this at DAL.
No outsourced aircraft should be allowed to have a paint scheme or name that in any way resembles mainline.
It would be the most intriguing way to fight scope. It's the last thing either UCAL or DAL ever wants to have happen and we can think of all of the reasons why.
It's simple and brilliant on so many ways.
You guys have at least the CAL scope stuff to go on, we don't. We're asking to get rid of contracts on the 70-76 seaters and let the 50 seaters eat themselves. Whether we succeed or not, I think at a minimum the paint scheme and name rule should be in there. No more Delta Connection on our side. Just ASA, Comair, etc.
Let the PR issues hopefully drive the rest.