RJs were an example not that I’m currently worried about Spirit using them. It was to illustrate that the pilots of the time never saw it coming as you are clearly not seeing the future.

No I don’t want to subsidize spirits growth I want to insure they don’t grow by using pilot off the seniority list plain and simple. I don’t give two shiits about some mythical order either. That has no factor in my decision making

The word reciprocal is very loose and only limited by pilot scope clauses. So yes I do know what whipsaw means and it doesn’t just have to relate to two or more airlines owned under the same holding company or regional airlines fighting for new planes controlled by a mainline carrier. I used the term correctly

Yes I do think Jetblue’s codeshare agreements hurt the Jetblue seniority list pilots. It’s probable they would be much larger than 3500+ that they are now. As a side not their pilots do get a small piece of that codeshare pie through profit sharing. And if Jetblue and Southwest wanted to create the “One America Alliance” they could and they could shrink one airline and grow the other for the right codesharing terms. Nothing in the Jetblue contract prevents this. What prevents it is the southwest pilot contract. Continental codeshared with US Air before their mergers. It had precise restrictions because of pilot scope to keep it from getting out of control

Without scope you have nothing. It’s only a matter of time until it hunts you down. It might be tomorrow and it might be 25 years from now. It’s not fear mongering. It’s historical fact. Learn from the past. Ask any DHL pilot at Spirit what their pay rates are worth now.

Btw I’m not advocating for the TA because I haven’t seen it. If it doesn’t have Scope I’m voting NO. If it does it’s priceless insurance. From what I’ve heard though it may come up short.