Originally Posted by ryane946
P.S. those financial numbers are pretty bad. They do not impress me. I am also glad you posted this link. It appears as if Mesa OWNS most of their -900's. This is very interesting. What is going to happen if/WHEN US Air guys vote in a 71+ seat scope clause. Mesa will be left with 30 CRJ-900's that they OWN.
There are 38, probably more on the way.
Unfortunately Airways pilots cannot "vote-in" anything of that nature. When their someday combined contract is due for ammending they can attempt to re-negotiate scope if they like. But negotiations are all give and take...since airways has a long term contract with mesa that would be hideously expensive to break for their own convenience, Airways would demand ridiculous concessions in exchange for getting rid of the 900's. The pilot group probably has more important things on their agenda.
What is more reasonable, and has been done in the past, is that a new scope might be created which "freezes" the number of 900's to the levels on the property at that time (might be a lot more than 38). That is good for the mainline pilots, but doesn't cost the company a fortune and screw up their operations by dumping useful airplanes that they are obligated to pay for.