Originally Posted by
Captain Tony
You mainline guys (mostly junior, I suspect) can beat your chests all you want to. No one is listening. The senior pilots at your carriers are in the drivers seat and they couldn't care less about scope. They only care about pay, days off, and retirement.
Scope will be sold again as soon as the price is right. Mark my words.
And you lifers can beat your chests all you want, mainline pilots aren't listening. You're nervous because you know all your growth came as a result of Bankruptcy contracts, which will not be happening again for quite some time. You realize that your growth has peaked, & now your wondering what the future holds as Legacys move farther away from 50 seaters and Mainline pilots threaten to tighten/recapture their flying.
What you fail to realize is that 70 scope was never sold in the first place, it was TAKEN along with payrates, pensions, & QOL. And if you think UAL/CAL guys will give away more scope you've got the blinders on. You really think the domestic narrowbody guys who are working 90 hours with only 12 days off are going to sell scope so they can continue to do that, or do you think they'll retain/tighten scope so they can move back up to a WB so they can make more?? Hmmm?
We are already 2.5 years into Age 65, and many of these senior guys who you claim are in the drivers seat will be forced to retire before the contract even kicks in.
Mark MY words. Scope will not be sold.