Originally Posted by Cycle Pilot

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...