Originally Posted by
Itsajob
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.
You're in a regional thread explaining mainline leverage. Regionals do not rely on scope for negotiating leverage.
What strips the regional pilots of leverage is they can get ANY regional to do the flying. Scope just says how large a plane the regional can fly, and in some cases limits destination pairings. Who does that flying is a matter of winning a contract bid.
So, there is nothing preventing them from telling PDT pilots to take these concessions or we are transferring the flying to TSA. THAT is the whipsaw game at regionals, not scope.
As long as the flying farmed to the regionals is transferable, regional pilots have very limited leverage.