Originally Posted by
pangolin
I dunno. During their LOA negotiations for Covid the UA pilots actually gained significant ground re: scope. There are no more 76 seater flying and block hours are limited drastically. Maybe something is up but there’s been very little posturing by the company. I don’t see it loosening up.
Skywest has proven there is more money in leasing than operating. Mesa wants to follow that lead.
United pilots get militant about scope since they learned the hard way what happens when you give away the store. I’ve talked with MEC and LEC officers leading up to our LOA, and they all said that the only acceptable change to our scope language is one that benefits and grows United while shrinking UAX. None seemed to be in a hurry to negotiate since scope is maxed out and the 50 seaters are short lived anyway. Kirby already has one option gain additional 76 seaters for UAX, everything else requires United pilots.