Originally Posted by
texaspilot76
CAL EWR, maybe you can answer this:
Why wasn't it negotiated for mainline pilots to fly the 76 seat aircraft instead of releasing scope? If they wanted RJ's, fine, but let mainline pilots fly them.
At least at my regional, they are crapping their pants about the 1500 hour rule and how they will not have qualified applicants. The regionals will have a huge staffing shortage soon. If RJ's were at a major, then they would easily be able to staff them.
I don't think there is leverage for that yet. The DAL NC stated they felt the leverage to recapture 70/76 seat flying didn't exist for our most recent contract, but will for our next contract because the new FTDT regs will have been implemented. The inability to staff the RJs will result in metrics of the cpa to not be met allowing cpa's to be broken. It's also likely attrition will have increased, making.it even more difficult for regionals to staff them.