Originally Posted by
PurpleToolBox
Not trying to be the naysayer.
Scope protects anything that touches the USA including USA to international destinations and the return flights. How do you protect flying within international countries or between international countries when the RLA and US law does not?
Who says the RLA doesn’t apply to us anywhere we fly? If the company violates the contract while in China, can we grieve it? Of course we can. We can negotiate any contractual rights into the CBA as long as they don’t violate laws we fall into the jurisdiction thereof.
Let’s stop rationalizing our weak scope or make excuses of why we can’t negotiate something, please.