Originally Posted by
tom11011
There seems to be large disagreement on whether the proposed scope is good or bad. I see the section regarding alter ego airlines and that seems pretty standard scope in all contracts I have ever voted on. But I do not see any kind of limitation on the number of aircraft that might elect to code share with us aka an express style carrier. The legacy airlines currently limit the amount of aircraft along with a limitation on the number of seats.
For those of you who are not satisfied with scope, is this the specific reason why or is something else missing?
"Nothing in this section shall preclude the Company from entering into a capacity purchase, code-share agreement, a marketing agreement, an interline agreement, a pro-rate, block space agreement, or joint venture, so long as such agreements do not result in the furlough of any of the Company’s Pilots."
My understanding is that they could buy all the seats on another airline and use that as a "capacity purchase." I think this is similar to the PIT flying we do. Apple purchased all the "capacity" and we fly it.
This is bad since there would be no growth. While you won't lose your job, it would make your vacation month bad. Expect a lot of 6-1-6 since you only need 5 more days off the rest of the month. The regional's at-least specify if you have vacation your min days off is 14 or so...