Originally Posted by
Mesabah
It's against Delta scope, but if it did happen, it would certainly be decided in court what happens. The problem with agreements that put people out of work is they generally get shot down in court, or the Delta pilots would get some sort of monetary scope payout. However, I think if Delta could get rid of Skywest, they would, but at this point in time, they simply can't.
There is nothing to decide in court. There is no gray area here. If SW starts operating equipment in violation of what they agreed to in their contract with Delta the code share must end. If it did become a dispute which is not likely it would be handled by the NMB. The lawsuit would come into play when Delta sued SW for the damages incurred financially for their failure to honor the contract.