Originally Posted by
Margaritaville
4. It's a windfall for the regional, with little in return for the mainline. Difficult to negotiate a deal there.
There's actually a huge return for the "mainline" pilots.
Actually, there isn't. Alaska Air own the flying. You own nothing. You're a subcontractor. If the mainline pilots wanted to give concessions for scope, to lock down that flying, it would have nothing to do with Horizon. (It would take massive concessions though). It was incredibly short sighted of past MECs not to secure scope in that legacy contract. What is Horizon going to bring to that table to contribute? You own nothing.
Horizon is no more of an AAG contractor than Alaska air is. QX could be awarded 737's tomorrow and there is nothing Alaska pilots could do about it.
In your words "you own nothing" either.
Mesa already flies 737's. It's probably only a matter of time before the entire domestic air carrier system is contracted out. There is nothing Alaska pilots do that regional pilots can't.