Originally Posted by
acl65pilot
Point is that there are 12000 different viewpoints and the middle is far away from Scope for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is near the I want my pay but I refuse to sell scope for anything thing. I will not give up a pay raise in 2012 for a recapture of scope, but I will not sell it either.
I suggest that the middle is defined by those on the margins. If you can shift the debate ever so slightly in your favor, you can capture some of the middle.
I don't know that I'm willing to go to war to recapture scope. If we do want to recapture, I'm fine with doing it gradually, as old agreements expire. I'm fine with paying a mainline RJ captain less than a -400 FO, if that's what it takes. And I'm fine with 76-seaters staying offline in return for a nice raise.
I am, however, willing to go to war to draw the line there. 100-seaters are substantial airplanes that belong on mainline.