Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Well sure, but remember, prior to the scope tightening of the 90's, management could operate any size aircraft at the regionals, they just couldn't paint them in the mainline color scheme. They needed concessions from the union to do that, and the union is the ONLY one to blame for that, pay rates are another story.
That is certainly incorrect at Delta. We had no restrictions on paint at that point. Management in fact often stressed they wanted that product to not be confused with the Delta product. Only later did they go with the new model of a seem less transportation system. At that point DALPA was able to get some restrictions and requirements on connection paint jobs. I just read the 86 and 91 contracts and there were zero restrictions on how aircraft were painted.