Originally Posted by
pilot64golfer
Your measurement of scope is obviously "what size airplanes can your code share partner fly". So you measured the old 50 seat limit for jets at CAL, ignoring that they could fly larger turboprops that carried 78 people (Q-400) and Southwest. Well Southwest is an all guppy airline. They don't need feed because they don't service small communities. Southwest isn't flying passengers from numerous smaller markets to SFO to put them on a 747 to Sydney Australia. They service large cities in the US. Most express flights service small cities.
Also, pre merger, CAL code shared with United, so you were ok with United flying 747s and 777s with CAL passengers on them, but then you have a problem with 76 seat jets?
You have a very myopic view of what scope is. Right now, for major airlines, United has the best protections. Ask the experts and learn, and please quit making very simple observations about something that you are unfamiliar with as a whole. To me this is like passengers explaining turbulent as "air pockets". It shows me they don't understand.
This is the exact attitude that has led to 66% of domestic flights being outsourced.
http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/...d_airlines.php. hey I am sure they are all small city's. Like Chicago-Boston or Chicago-Washington.
United: First Embraer E175s to fly from Chicago in May No way a mainline pilot could possibly be used to those farm communities!You are wrong, a large portion of express is to and from Large cities like the ones above. In fact most of the explosive growth came at the expense of Major airlines giving flying away that used to be done by DC-9's, classic 737's, Fokker 100's etc. As the 175's come on line expect them to increase service to the larger cities even more. But hey, as long as YOUR jumbo flying is there that's all that matters. YOU don't want anything to do with those little planes. Let's sell that flying and then complain about regional pilots taking our flying. This is not a code share! Big difference between this and a code share.
The turbo prop's should be scoped too but there is a huge difference between turbo prop service and jet service. Any real pilot would know that. Even the passengers that explain turbulence as air pockets know that turbo props are never going to replace jets on a large scale, like when you lose 66% of the domestic schedule.
I wish I did not know anything about scope and how the lack of it effect pilots. Unfortunately, I have lived it for 20 years.