Originally Posted by
zoooropa
<P>The scope battle(s) have been fought, and labor lost. When RAH prevailed in the YX codeshare grievance, the floodgates were officially opened. Domestic narrow-body flying is doomed and the elusive "legacy" pilot position is going to become even more sacred.
I agree with this statement. The regionals will eventually be ALL narrow body flying. Captains will make max out at $85-100k/year with 12-13 days off per month while first officers will always make poverty wages. Our salaries will continue to have less buying power as inflation rises faster than our wages. There is no way to preserve scope other than an illegal massive walk-out (it will never happen). Midwest was a successful experiment for management. There is a reason US Airways is getting rid of its 190's. US Airways is going to try again at outsourcing 100 seat flying.