Originally Posted by
Excargodog
By whom? The pilots at AS who haven't seen fit to put the scope limits in the contract - ever? The newbie pilots inherited from the Virgin acquisition many of whom simply want to leave,since AS is getting rid of the aircraft they are rated in and the bases they live at? Certainly not the Horizon pilots?
With Airbus now rebranding the bigger CRJs and Boeing buying a controlling interest in the Embraer civilian side, clearly both major aircraft companies believe that SOMEBODY will soon be flying 100 seat jets.
Not so much.
The newer AS and VX pilots spent years at the regionals, so they have little tolerance for scope shenanigans. The senior VX pilots generally have worked for multiple airlines each, including legacies. They are not all leaving, but I'd expect many from NY to switch to any big four which will have them.
Also now is not really a great time to push scope boundaries. Any regional or alter-ego which is assigned NB size AC will want NB pay pretty quickly in the current pilot market conditions. Additionally, it will then become very hard for that major to hire pilots... nobody is going to sign up if stagnation or furlough is in the future, they would literally lose pilots and not be able to replace them (unless they stoop to CFI's).
AS will probably not take a big steaming scope dump in their house right now, and the pilot group will probably insist on scope next year.