Originally Posted by
AirWillie
If Pinnacle strikes, does that mean all of the DCI pilots would have to stop flying in order not to end up in the black list of scabs? How would that work?
No, the other DCI carriers all continue flying. Delta has learned from Comair's 2001 strike and has made most routes flown in the network flown by more than one carrier. Other carriers CAN refuse "Struck work" which would be routes exclusively done by 9E. When I get a chance I will try to find the exact verbage. There has been NO update from the NMB as of July 4.
A scab is someone who crosses a picket line to fly. One example would be 9E striking and myself (a Pinnacle pilot) calling scheduling and saying "I will fly". Of course you would have to have a gun to my wife's head for me to do this- but you get the point.
I have a current scab list and there are quite a few pilots flying for regionals that are on it... Of course a good percentage on the guys on the list are already dead.