Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
ALPA is comparing apples to oranges when talking about our scope. The CEO said it himself in a memo today that we are increasing the cap on large regional jets from 255 to 325. That is selling scope, moving the line in the sand, or whatever you want to call it. It is a concession. There is no way to honestly spin it. DALPA will try though by leaving out facts like the current 255 number is 76 seaters + 70 seaters while the 223 new number is only 76 seaters. I read somewhere that United scope allows unlimited 70 seaters. Did you also know that United scope allows 0 76 seaters? That part is always left out. I keep getting told that our new scope is the strongest part of our contract. Does anyone here actually believe that?
The 76 vs 70 seat size is huge because what is actually out there is the 65 seat CRJ 700, which seats 65, the ERJ 170 which seats 69, the CRJ 900 which seats 76 and the ERJ 175 which also seats 76. The addition of more first class and coach seats make the larger 76 seat jet an order of magnitude more efficient than the so called 70 seat jet, neither of which actually seat 70 passengers. This product is a job killer for us and DL knows it. The 50 AND the 70 seat RJ's are inefficient, and the company wants to dump them. This is really the only chance we have of restructuring domestic feed in the long run. If we allow the company to outsource flying by giving them an efficient platform to do so, we have only ourselves to blame.