Originally Posted by baseball

Kirby's comments on scope were just a bait and switch. Not once did ALPA or any union talk about "being burned" in markets.

Kirby's talking points on scope are an attempt to change the management narrative on scope. ALPA's narrative on scope is to "protect the profession" by insuring that mainline pilots do mainline flying at mainline pay.

The insertion of the RJ, and larger RJ's and still larger RJ's with more range are a marginalization of mainline careers and career expectations. Larger RJ's are a threat to the profession, unless they are flown by mainline pilots at mainline wages.

We don't care about being "burned" by management. We care about the profession and the integrity of career progression. If management chooses to down-guage a market and put a smaller jet on it, it does so without consideration of pilot wages.

I say again...Pilot wages should never be a factor. If it is flown by a jet with sufficient capacity to be considered a mainline jet, then get this, management should plan on paying mainline wages for that route. We don't have to worry about being burned because our scope clause is pretty tight.

Scope is not for sale, or on the table, unless it is to be tightened or strengthened.