Originally Posted by Florida Flyer

Perhaps...until the next round of major airline bankruptcies occurs. It is a sad but true fact that mainline management has used the bankruptcy process to achieve contractual concessions that could not be achieved in normal contractual negotiations. The instances are virtually too numerous to list, but a partial list includes the elimination of pensions, sharp reduction in pay and work rules, increase in the number of hours worked and days away from home...the list goes on and on. The trend towards re-writing airline contracts via a bankruptcy court is becoming the prime M.O. of airline management. Only an ostrich with its head in the sand would think mainline management wouldn't at least attempt to re-write scope language in the next round of bankruptcies. They did it with pensions, they did it with pay and work rules, and it is only a matter of time before they do it to scope.