Originally Posted by
Wasatch Phantom
I don't remember which forum member had it as part of his signature but it was something like "not one more pound, not one more seat, not one more jet". That succinctly summed up my feelings on scope prior to contract 2012.
I genuinely view our contract to be highly concessionary in terms of scope, as it relates to numbers and size of RJ's. But ALPA spins it as a win. So had we bet prior to 2012 I'd be saying you owe the DPCF, and you'd be saying I welched.
The company hasn't had any trouble getting the union and the pilot group to sign off on moving scope around (it's a shell game). What some see as a win others see as a loss.
For me, no more 70+ seat Rj's with no exceptions. It's a bit scary to me that so many guys beat their chest with the battle cry of Scope, only to vote yes on C2012. I'd be shocked if the company doesn't pitch another package like we saw in 2012. I think it's also a possibility that if a merger were to come about they will use the "it's only their scope + ours" line. We'll probably fall for it.
Any future TA that's gives any bottom end scope and doesn't further tighten up JV/codeshare language is a automatic NO vote from me, don't even need to see the rest of the TA. I'll be surprised if I vote yes for the next TA solely based on the above, hope I'm wrong.