Current scope provisions in most legacy contracts prevent anyone other than a pilot with a line number at that airline from flying jets in the companies livery. However, the end around is to allow route authority to be operated by a third party alliance partner. If Cabatoge is the ultimate boogie man in terms of harm to US pilot labor, the ATI provisions on the table are a close second.

ATI would allow airlines to farm out International route authority previously operated by US airlines to third party vendors in much the same way legacy airlines contract to regional "fee per departure" airlines in the US. Unfortunately few CBAs address this and the consquences are potentially devistating. If allowed to grow to fruition, forgein carriers would fly the International segments and fee for depature "regional" airlines would fly the domestic segments. Current legacy airlines would have no reason to operate aircraft and would becopme brand managment holding company.

Should ATI pass, I don't think the US landscape for pilot jobs will dry up overnight, but stage will certainly be set for dramatic change over the next 2 decades.

It's already happening at United with the Air Lingus deal; United sells tickets and Air Lingus operates the jets without Air Lingus crews.

United, Aer Lingus forge 'an unusual linkup' -

The 2010 timeframe is to see if ATI passes, if it does you can be sure that will be more to come.

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