Originally Posted by
BoilerUP
In 2003, there was only one airline (Chautauqua) and no "Republic Airways Holdings".
In 2007 there was a holding company with three airlines, one of which was an acquisition that involved a divesting a fleet. They operating three (six) different types in the 135/140//145, CRJ2, and 170/175.
They have ONE seniority list across all three airlines. Its not perfect arrangement as evidenced by their upgrade bypass issue a while back, but I'd say their scope against alter-egos is indeed iron-clad. Look no further than TSA/GoJet or Pinnacle/Colgan to see the downside of NOT having such language.
It cost CHQ pilots a hell of a lot of negotiating capital for work rules and hourly pay to buy that language to defend against a non-union Republic Airlines flying 145s for US Airways in 2003...
Yeah dude, I KNEW all that already. I was poking fun at what can been seen as a bit of an oxymoron these days; The words "ironclad scope", but not as it related to ONE SPECIFIC airline.
XJT has an "ironclad scope". We'll see what happens to it in the near future.
Point I was making is this; As we've seen in a post 9/11/high oil price world, EVERYTHING is subject to renegotiation.