Originally Posted by sailingfun

Your history of scope at Delta is heavily flawed. Nobody had scope for the most part in the eighties. Scope evolved with the development of small jets. We did not allow anything. Management upgraded the regionals and we tried to hold that line. You don’t always get what you want. Regardless it saved you from flying checks for 10 years all night long or single pilot cargo IFR at night for 8 bucks an hour until you had several thousand hours and could move on. Rode a jumpseat recently and the 23 year old copilot complained it’s going to take him two years to make CA. Times have changed and certainly not for the worst.
If you have lifers it’s not about scope. Unless they are over 55 they should be moving on. If not there is a reason.