Originally Posted by AriesIIdriver
Also, you mention scope clauses. If this deals with age, I am interested. I will be closing on 40 when I retire and would like to fly for another 20 years. Can you tell me the chances of that. Thanks.
A scope clause is an agreement by one company (usually the regional) not to fly a particular a/c or a/c size. The scope agreement that American Eagle and the American Connection carriers have with AA's pilot union precludes the use of 70 seat jets.
However, everything is negotiable. AE now has 25 CRJ-700s with the ability to get another 25. This same scope agreement is the reason (or excuse however you want to look at it) that Trans States' management created the alter-ego carrier Go-Je ts. But that's a whole other ball of wax.
Hope that helps.