Originally Posted by
KnockKnock
Shoulda, woulda, coulda.... I’m well aware of the importance of not only scope but many sections of our contract that need improvements. My point is this, if you hold both the current AS scope clause and the former VX scope clause in each hand, what have you got? Exactly nothing. Some ex VX have turned the lack of scope into an AS only issue, never acknowledging that they themselves did not have any and brought none with them. Saying “we surly were gonna vote some in”. The division isn’t in my remembering that neither group is able to stack their contract against the other, it’s in the finger pointing done by some, blaming only AS pilots for the lack of scope. I can just as easily assume that with all the hiring done between 2012 and 2017, we at AS were, “surly gonna vote some in”. In the interest of unity, yes, let’s all vote in some scope protections.
What percentage of VX's flying was done by either a wholly owned regional or a FFD contract with SkyWest? 0%. And it's MUCH easier to get scope BEFORE you give it away.
Since AS never fought for scope before, the JCBA arbitration panel decided that we didn't really need it, and now our single collective pilot group has to put the toothpaste BACK into the tube. I don't know what percentage of Alaska's flying is done by Horizon/SkyWest, but it's definitely become enough that Alaska's business model has grown to depend on it. Thanks to the people that actually had many opportunities to slow that down (over the last 85 years), and chose not to, now we ALL have to fight a MUCH harder fight.