Originally Posted by oncea57cap

In 2001 UAL had 10,427 pilots on the property. Today there are 6,477. UAL has outsourced 4,000 pilot jobs to the regional jet. This is why scope had to be restored, not relaxed before any merger could take place, because prior to 2008, management had the idea of outsourcing all domestic flying and shuffling that flying from carrier to carrier to get the lowest rate. Luckily, this plan is no longer feasible.