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Problem is there won't be any Delta pilots left if those "businessmen" keep caving in on scope.
But hey - the last Delta pilot will be very well paid as he watches that Mesaba 787 depart for Tokyo.
If you go through bankruptcy again that might happen.
Maybe you can point to an example in the US Airline industry of great scope that worked for a network carrier.
AAA? Two bankruptcies later it doesn't appear that it did.
UAL? At least the BAE 146's are gone.
NWA? Again, at least the BAE 146's are gone. They did bring a larger percentage of large RJ's versus fleet size to the new operation with Compass.
AMR? How are those nearly 2000 furloughed guys doing? But they've got scope...
CAL? Probably the most effective clause out there so far.
I lived the dream with Delta Express. All aircraft that size were on a single payscale, but it was substantially below the per seat cost of the next largest mainline airframe. We had to buy the payraise for the airplane out of our total contract, and within three years they were all gone.
lather, rinse, repeat...