Originally Posted by
bata
Why don't we bring 76 seat to main line?
This would end the RJ wars and wip-saw.
With new FTDT rules costs must be close.
We have a pay scale and increased work hours.
I agree with you here. Although to me this is where you see the conflict of interest. If the 50 seaters are going away and you lock in the 76 seaters you have essentially shut down the regionals. Or at least put them on a path like Comair. ALPA can't allow that as the regionals it represents will file a lawsuit for misrepresenting them. ALPA can't let that happen so instead blurred the scope lines even further. There is also probably a handshake agreement with managements of mainline airlines to regionals saying this kind of scope recapture will never be allowed.