Originally Posted by
jethikoki
Yes but you can also throw ALPA in with that with their merger policy that only complements mainline pilots. It should have been changed long ago that if a mainline buys a regional they will be stapled. Can someone explain if regional pilots are not a threat to a mainline pilots job or position then why is it we cannot have equal treatment across the board? Would Delta still have done what they did?
Well, for one staples arent allowed under federal law, ever since AA raped TWA. That... wasn't very long ago, why don't you know what mccatskill-bond is?
Anyway, instead of asking "why not staple" or " why not zoidberg", ask "why not single seniority list" because they all have the same answer, a majority of pilots would vote against such proposals. ALPA is a group of loosely tied together local organizations.
ALPA and the pilots who run it have been locking down scope for a decade now on all contracts, however, regionals are seen as a stepping stone and in a corporate structure they are held as a subsidiary IF wholly owned. No union can negate legal corporate structure, and even if they could a Delta pilot knows an Endeavor or a Republic adds profit and stock value, and they'll be damned if they upset that apple cart.
In summary, pilot's don't want it, even if they did it would be illegal, even if they wanted it they'd have to endure relative category and class with fences and that would go over badly. Can you imagine a 12 delta captain junior to a 12 yr regional captain? Of course a regional would love it, but holy hell, the pilots would overwhelmingly decertify ALPA and create their own union which would hold the regional as a separate entity. Which is where we are now.