Originally Posted by
Cujo665
It’s not so much the restrictive scope clauses, it’s more that you can’t tell a Delta pilot to take these concessions or we’re giving your flying to AA. Scope plays a part, but not the largest part. You hit it on your last sentence.
You can have 100% of the leverage, and you’re still not going to get more than the plane’s revenue will support.
Scope is the reason that Delta can say this. Scope limits how much the company can farm out. It prevents the very whipsaw that strips the regional pilot groups of leverage. If the pilots at Delta we’re to say no to concessions, with scope maxed out they can’t give the flying away. They could reduce flying or furlough, but that would trigger scope clause provisions forcing a reduction in regional flying as well.