Originally Posted by
Scoop
Alfa,
This is a complicated issue that does not lend itself to an easy comparison. As you well know, Scope is just one factor among many when it comes to hiring. I was hired in early 2000 and furloughed during the "Scope Sale." My furlough, along with that of over 1000 other DAL pilots was the result of many factors, not just Scope, but to be sure - weak Scope was definitely one of them.
Yes UAL and AMR had far more, and much longer lasting furloughs than DAL, but I feel this had more to do with DAL guys taking early outs for the lump sum then anything that had to do with our Scope.
I would add that UAL and AMR were the two airlines involved in 9/11, afterwards their traffic numbers did not return the way the other airlines did, which is the number one reason for the difference.