Originally Posted by
BigGuns
OK I heard this rumor and I hope it is just that.... UAL is SCOP'd to 70 seat a/c at regionals. UAL is now telling their pilots that Republic Airlines will now enter OneWorld as its own airline, selling its own tickets, and will fly E190s with 100 seats as a code share under Star Alliance , thus bypassing SCOPE and the UAL pilots.
So if it does happen... Could it spread here to DAL with SkyTeam? Does anything in our SCOPE prevent it??
The short answer is yes.
Our Section 1 prevents any domestic codesharing on any aircraft with more than 76 seats or certificated for a max gross weight of more than 86,000 pounds.
Alaska is an exception. We have separate Section 1 provisions which spell out that arrangement.
Republic is already a sore subject. If you ask me, they are in violation of our scope clause right now even though our code isn't being used on the E-190 flights. Unfortunately, the ALPA National lawyers have over-ruled that view.