Originally Posted by
jethikoki
Nope, I think the system was broken at the front end after the first time scope was relaxed. Regionals will always get the short end going against a mainline and have limited power to fight or fix something without a mainline partner or ALPA's help. Regional system needs to go away as it exists now today and all hiring done at the mainline. NEVER to be a DOH for a regional pilot.
Agreed. Mainline pilots definitely dropped the ball numerous times.
What are your thoughts on our management's typical approach to scope lately whereby they want to shrink DCI seats and block hours (probably only nominally this time, especially seats) in exchange for more 76ers but less hulls/hours/seats overall?
Personally I don't like it because it breaths some degree of life and sustainability into the regional model going forward. However the case could be made that it does indeed shrink the size of regionals and transfers a little of the pilot count to mainline.