I very strongly disagree with your notion the Company does it's best to comply. I have seen no indication it tries at all, quite the opposite.

Let us go back to the RJ issue. Delta had an 18 to 48 month lead on RJ orders, which it executed with every available option. Every time there was a choice, Delta chose to violate scope.

With this Air France scenario, again follow the money. Delta and it's partners have an immunized joint venture meaning they enjoy the legal right to collude on schedules, capacity and marketing. Delta pays for it's share of Air France's flying. Have we read a word about Delta objecting to the program it runs? Any complaints from France about not getting paid?

Delta still pays it's bills to the French and French Canadians ... they just don't choose to fly Delta Jets.

ALPA for it's part, it always desperate to improve pay. Pay is the number one survey response. So when the Company is in breach the survey always says "PAY!" To the politicians credit, they do their best to avoid scope erosion ... they ARE smarter than the survey results in that regard. But a scope breach is an easy pay trade and with pressure from their members that's the easy decision to make.

That's why I think we need to explore a non-pecuniary cure to Company noncompliance.

Let me throw another metaphor out there for TSquare's benefit: How upset would the Company be if I called in sick for a trip. Then they learned that I had been flying for another company, making more money, during the time I was "sick." Further, they learned this was a common practice that I had been doing to get more money for nearly 20 years. It is imagined the Company would immediately terminate me for the breach of our agreement.

Isn't this exactly what the Company is doing by violating our scope, over and over again? Delta is breaching our agreement and flying for someone else. Delta is paying non Delta pilots to do the work of Delta pilots.

As soon as it is legal to do so I will be very happy to walk in support of scope.