Originally Posted by
Sunvox
The MTA which forced this JCBA at AA sold scope for 7%. The Delta and United Scope clauses were not perfect by any means, but the trend at both airlines was for a significant reduction in both airframes and ASMs. This contract reverses that trend and will undercut any hope pilots had of regaining the edge in the war between contract flying and mainline flying.
Thanks boys. . .
The future pilots of America appreciate your greed.
You were completely and utterly misinformed. We didn't sell squat. Our scope clause was untouched with the JCBA. They tried, and we fought back. They didn't get a thing from scope.
For years, our scope clause has been much tighter than delta and united. The regional aircraft orders you see are AA unfortunately "catching up" to delta/united.
However, your are somewhat correct that our scope clause suffered a little during our trip through Bk, and by extension, through the MTA. As I recall, delta and united scope clauses also suffered during bk, and a lot more than us.
In the end, though, our JCBA scope clause was untouched.
So who exactly are you "thanking?" We held the line with this JCBA. Check the delta and united scope clauses, I believe they are almost identical to ours.