Originally Posted by
rickair7777
Unless my recall of history is failing, 100% of those airlines are relatively recent (compared to the legacies) startups which never had regional feed to begin with. Their pilots locked that in with scope, and their managers went along because their business models were not very conducive to hub-n-spoke anyway.
What we're talking about here is how do you, as a pilot group, actually put the FFD toothpaste back in the tube.
Still waiting for an answer. Maybe the best you can manage is to put the cap on the tube before any more toothpaste gets out.
The reason for my statement is that if an Alaska pilot is truly serious about working at an airline without regional feed. If that is really the hill they want to defend. The jobs exist. Otherwise it is just talk. Saying: I don't want to leave because (base, don't want to move, seniority, AC type, kids changing schools, wife job, commute choices, etc.) is basically saying I am ok with being at an airline with a regional feed.