Originally Posted by Carl Spackler

3. The jury is WAY OUT on the whole prospect of whether any attempt by our union to force another union to lose jobs based on a contract that they didn't sign, would even be legal. It would certainly produce a DFR against ALPA by the agrieved RJ airline, and could well produce a lawsuit against DAL for violating the Railway Labor Act. This is competely unsettled law here. None of us are in any position to feel confident about the language that appears to force ANOTHER AIRLINE to reduce their RJ count or the block hours they fly those RJ's.

Originally Posted by Karnak

We need to bookmark this one for when you resurrect the DPA's claim that ALPA kowtows to the Regionals. The TA shows that each MEC negotiates their own Scope, with the Regionals having no say in those of the mainlines.