Originally Posted by
Happyflyer
XJT certificate still has 175 on it, work a seniority solution or shutter operations preserve the certificate. Displace United pilots to Moxy former XJT certificate, move United owned175s over to it, by cutting a deal with Mesa to operate the Gojet 550s, and furture ones tail for tail.
United ALPA needs to get involved XJT is the most viable option for their furloughs with 175 approval. XJT pilots need to consider what type of seniority bath is acceptable for a possible furloughed United seniority number, vs total cease of operations.
The term you're looking for to describe this is "recapture scope."
If UA pilots had done this and accepted a dogdoo payrate to get the 175 and 145/200/700/900 on property years ago, the kids who've been airline pilots for 6 months and are still living in their parent's basement would be getting furloughed instead of the 35-45 y/o folks who put in 10-20 years at the regionals only to get scooped up last year and now getting furloughed when they finally made it. But UALPA MEC has managed to convince UA pilots that it's better to make $0/hr on furlough when a SkyWest 175 captain is making $120/hr flying DEN-DFW. Well done chaps.