After yesterday's devastating PSA announcement, I was thinking about how we can end this ridiculous whipsaw game. Here is what I came up with:

Each regional MEC needs to negotiate identical scope language in their respective CBA's. It should read something like this:

"All aircraft on property on date of signing shall not be operated by another United States flagged carrier. This includes transfers, lease returns, sales, and subleases.

Should any company aircraft enter service with any other US flagged carrier, 10 pilots per airframe shall be automatically transferred to the new operator and shall maintain his/her date of hire for all purposes including pay, longevity, bidding, vacation and sick accrual, and non revenue pass travel. These pilots shall be awarded a transfer by seniority bid.

This section shall remain intact through any and all force majeure events including bankruptcy, acts of God, fleet grounding, and cessation of company operations.

Example: NXXXAE is returned to the lessor and leased by PSA. The company shall open a bid to transfer 10 pilots to PSA, and those 10 pilots shall enter training at PSA at the next available class date and will maintain their original hire date for all purposes."

The scope section would then include all tail numbers operated by each carrier at date of signing.

Ideally, we would get all regionals under a single regional airline union but it could be done under existing conditions as long as the scope languages are identical.