Originally Posted by
flybywire44
The relationships between Delta and it's regionals are more direct than DALPA, UALPA, and JALPA.
Says who? This was thoroughly vetted in the courts and the only "direct" link whatsoever was the meet and confer clause. That's it.
You need not bargain for any scope going forward. Just keep scope exactly where it is and regionals will fade and you'll solve the pilot shortage.
That's debatable, but I'd hope we "bargain" for it anyway. At the very least secure 100% of all current gains and at least some degree of sunsetting in the contracts for the larger DC-9-10 outsourced jets. Its long term crucial, I'm a long term thinker, the price has never been lower, and there isn't anything the regionals are going to do about it in the courts.
As fun as it will be to see them pathetically flail around trashing yields and trying to re-invent the wheel with the C-Series/Mitsubishi/Sukohi/next big thing, the last thing we need to be doing is partially subsidizing them in any way.