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Old 06-11-2016 | 08:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Scott Stoops
I disagree. The guys that actively sold scope in the 90s are a huge minority at the majors now. At United, at least 80% felt the effects of the scope sale in a big and very negative way. I think it is very unlikely that you'll see any changes to scope going forward.

My take anyway...

Scott
I just find it interesting that there's a lot of talk about MRJ90 scope when the 175E2 supposedly weighs more. MRJ90 small version is 87000 and 175E2 is about 98000 but I'm not sure if that will end up being the ultimate MAGTOW. I should probably clarify by saying "scope solution" not necessarily being a good thing for everyone. Of course if these things are flown by mainline then there's that many more jobs for us. I do think that weight probably has a little less stigma associated with it than seats. That being said, if the carrot is being enough, they'll get the votes for it. It will be interesting to see what comes out of Delta as far as a contract is concerned with scope. They're the first up and likely to set the tone for the other two carriers. I just hope they don't give up more planes for more 50 seaters going away. In the long term, I think it's the majors desire to get rid of the 50 seaters anyway (with a few niche exceptions). So I would hate for pilots to be giving something up (more large RJs) for something that they want to do anyway.
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