Originally Posted by
RadarColor
There's no such thing as "ironclad scope" unless it's written like SWA's. Ask any labor lawyer and they will tell you scope language is one of the easiest parts of a CBA to manipulate. If you're getting "industry standard" then you're not getting much and better read it carefully. Scope is always legalese and rarely clear and precise language.
I read United’s recently and while complex seemed pretty straight forward.
Aside from the “scope choke” on RJs, codesharing has defined limits both domestic and international with restrictions on city pairs and also using historical ratios based on exact routes how many flights could or could not be added in the future. Essentially if united wanted to add codeshare on a route they would first have to add a united flight on that route and the codeshare could then be added based on historical ratios.
Delta I believe is block hour based and not the number of flights but has to be added on a 1 for 1 basis in the same type of aircraft. I still have to confirm this.
The point is it’s not a free for all with the exception of no furlough. There are defined exact limits spelled out