Originally Posted by
gooddeal
Unless you feel that AAG will park and/or decline options on 737s in lieu of ERJ/CRJ flying, then I'm willing to listen. If you are a QX pilot, you have my full attention about scope. Otherwise this pilot group has been managed by contract and arbitration without substituting 737 jobs for others within AS. I'd rather use a no vote to have better pay, compensation and working conditions far above scope language.
I am an Alaska pilot. There are numerous reasons scope is important and supports all the other things you believe are more important than scope. Without scope what leverage do we have to get better work rules? So we demand better work rules and the company says take this contact or we bring The EMB-195 on at skywest then we lose on both work rules and scope. Also at anytime if Alaska wanted to bring on a wide body they could just start a new international division of the Air Group unless we accept a contract flying them for substandard pay. Scope is the back bone from which we build a better contract. We as a pilot group need to fight for this.