Originally Posted by
Mesabah
There are three options: 1. They can be shut down, 2. Management has to remove that 1 seat, 3. A full or partial SLI between the two carriers. The NMB will always choose option 3. You can now see why it is in ALPA's best financial interest to not grieve that situation at all, and allow the scope violation to continue. However, it is in management's best interest to not do this, as the toxic atmosphere it would create would eat into profits.
You make it sound like adding a seat to DCI would automatically lead to one list. I disagree with that. I also don't think management's desire for goodwill is what's preventing scope violations. They'd do it if they thought they could, pilot good will be darned.
It would be grieved and expidited with an easy victory and no DCI pilot would end up on the mainline list. Pretty cut and dry.