I forgot to mention that if you discuss UPS scope with someone they may tell you that UPS does not fly from to Cologne, Germany to Tel Aviv. That is correct. They have had a contract company on that route for many years. The IPA did not want their crewmembers flying that route for safety concerns on the ground in Tel Aviv. The UPS scope states that all international flights presently conducted by IPA represented crewmembers will continue to be flown by such crewmembers. Since they were not flying that route at the time that they signed their new contract that route is not covered. The UPS pilots that I talked to said that is the only route that they could legally do that they are not doing. ( legally concerning the host countries laws NOT legally concerning their scope )

I personally would gladly give up one route to protect all of the rest. Remember they have language securing all future routes as well.

My point is that the Cologne to Tel Aviv argument IMHO does not hold any water.