Originally Posted by
BATOL
To be fair, hasn't it been a major focus of past negotiations to take back scope from the regionals and get mainline metal doing that flying? That's exactly what the 717's and likely the 190's are doing. How many two class RJ's at United? I see an awful lot of them. I thought those small airplanes where what you wanted? Granted more widebody's is always great, I just mean I'm surprised to hear complaining about getting what you wanted.
...oh wait, never mind, we're pilots ��
Batol,
I think you are mis-reading. No one is upset small airplanes are coming to mainline. That's a great thing.
But, perspective...something I didn't really understand (academically yes, practically no) until we got the 717...some airplanes are behind you. What I mean is, as you get more senior, there are aircraft who's QOL and pay, are both lower (in the left seat) than what you have now.
This kind of removes or at least reduces the impact of small jet scope recapture for more senior pilots. Recapture is great. There was a time when I was willing to expend significant negotiating capital for rj scope recapture. At this point, it seems like a fait accompli, just give it time. It's still a great thing.
What delta needs now is top end organic expansion. If that happens, I cannot imagine the positive effects that would ripple through the entire seniority list. And no, I'm not willing to give concessions to make that happen.