Originally Posted by Mesabah

Scope is not a contract item, it is defined at the NMB, permitted flying is the contract item. These are very different things, yet I always see pilots getting them confused. When you say no scope, the correct term is undefined permitted flying. The reason thousands got furloughed at Delta is due to the Comair debacle, and the "force manure". DALPA didn't make any mistakes, they chose seniority over scope, they then gambled they could force the RJ's back on mainline. It probably would have worked, but 9/11 and then the following years...well, you know the story.