Originally Posted by
Thor
I’ve been hearing this on the line too, but haven’t seen anything specifically from the MEC or NC. What are you reading that makes you think that there’s been a sea change with respect to scope?
The cartoon videos put out by the MEC about a year ago talking about our collective need to ensure “express” is staffed to keep feeding mainline and the pilot shortage.
The straw man argument of the CRJ 550 threat. Yes the company can add dozens , if not hundreds, of them. But where are they going to get from. Bombardier doesn’t produce them anymore. They sold the crj line to Mitsubishi, which afaik, has no plans to fire up the production line. Most of the crj 700’s that flew as uax are now in delta and American colors (not sitting in a desert). Mesa and go jet have maybe 50 to convert. Yet they presented it as a real threat in one of the negotiations update, which is intellectually dishonest.