Originally Posted by
FedexWannabie
You can poo poo Scope all you want, but that is where this began, and that is where it will end. If Mainline does what they should and takes back the >50 seat turbojets then everyone wins in the end. The 50 seat RJ is dead. 10 years from now there will be none of them left flying. They are not economically viable in the current and future fuel cost reality. So if Mainline pilots do the right thing in 10 years there will be 400-600 large turboprops at 2-4 regional airlines. This means 2-5 thousand Mainline pilot jobs in addition to attrition.
Key word = SHOULD.
Will they? My opinion is that they are to greedy to make the required sacrifice. Besides, they have nothing left to sacrifice after they sold out. So no they wont.
Another thought. Everyone is watching this AMR BK. What happens there will set the precedence of the industry. APA has the strongest scope, for now. The scope is going to be crushed at AMR by this BK. Sad but true. When this happens it is just going to make the hope for strong scope even more bleak and impossible to have it brought bake. It sucks but this is the path we are all on.
So all you mainline guys that hate regional guys because you feel like they are taking your flying away just remember it was you that sold your flying for peanuts. I bet most of those regional guys would rather be working with you at the mainline, but you sold them out as well.