Originally Posted by
Mesabah
I believe that they can operate the MRJ90 for Alaska with 81 seats, on a separate certificate, only on flights where Delta, or its affiliates do not operate a city pair. That's the only very narrow exception. Only MRJ90/175E2 fit that exception, anything bigger is prohibited.
That's only because Alaska has the worst scope contract ever written, ever.
For the first part, I don't recall the specifics, but I'm skeptical there would be enough city pairs that would meet that exception to have the type operating if that is the case.
For the second, Alaska doesn't actually have any scope. Horizon could fly 737s and not violate anything from my understanding. Years ago I asked a few crews about scope and they responded that it wasn't worth negotiating for. Many of them feel differently now.