Originally Posted by
Scoop
Bar,
I disagree. By taking jobs at DCI they were active participants in the outsourcing. However, I do not blame them one bit for taking those jobs - they needed hours and that is how most guys get them today.
I do take exception with people who live in glass houses throwing stones. Particularly when they are throwing stones at the DAL Pilot group.
Over 1000 DAL Pilost were furloughed when DCI exploded post 911. I do not recall hearing a lot of DCI Pilots complaining about DAL selling Scope back then - although I would bet that a very few of the more farsighted ones actually did.
Like I said, plenty of blame to go around regarding Scope. In hindsight its easy to be be critical of the legacy Pilot groups but if someone actually took the time to research the Scope issue going back 25-30 years they would see it is a lot more complicated than "Greedy mainline pilots selling Scope."
Scoop
DALPA selling scope is one of the reasons I got stuck at a regional for almost eight years! Ask yourself this question.... Would the regionals be as big as they are if Delta pilots had held the line on scope? Why are the regionals as big as they are? Is it because there are lots of "active participants in the outsourcing" applying to the regionals? Or is it because they're getting contract flying from their major partners and need to hire pilots? It's pretty simple... it's our job to fight to keep our flying in house. There's a certain amount of flying to be done. Do we have work rules that keep Delta mainline pilots up front or do we have rules that allow management to grow DCI? Here's a graphical representation...