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Old 01-25-2013 | 11:58 AM
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Originally Posted by gloopy
But if they did, they wouldn't be around long. Or wouldn't exist in the first place. This is a mainline scope problem and will require a mainline scope solution, regardless of the moral and philosophical issues.
The problem is that you and 80 are part of a distinct minority at mainline that actually see it as a problem. Most are just oblivious. ALPA has been very willfully turning a blind eye to it for a long time now. A mainline scope solution will require a generational changing of the guard among mainline pilots, and that's not happening anytime soon at the current rate of mainline job loss.

In the meantime, those of us stuck down here in the peewees can do one of two things:

1. Try to improve our contracts knowing full well that if we somehow overcome all the odds and get a decent contract, we *will* be withered into nothingness, likely with a trip to bankruptcy in the meantime.

2. Deal management an ace, undercut the competition, and flourish.

From ALPA's recent dealings in the Pinnacle fiasco, it's clearer than ever that they're united with management in wanting us to pick option #2.