Originally Posted by
Cujo665
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.
This is correct.
It's possible we will see more leverage in the near future, if a regional or two go out of business and the industry consolidates. The more Skywest/Republic can charge, the better it is for all the pilots involved.