Okay, I'm not an airline pilot anymore, but I have to ask the obvious question:

How has ALPA failed major airline pilots with scope, specifically Delta pilots?

Other than the scope that was lost during bankruptcy proceedings at NWA & DAL, didn't membership have to ratify any and all previous scope concessions (like the very first small jets going to Comair in the early 1990s)?

Where is the accountability for those who voted "yes" to any previous agreement that gave up scope?

I understand some of the "conflict of interest" concerns, but the vast majority of regional airline pilots don't want their companies to grow at the expense of mainline and would love nothing more than for all flying under a brand to be owned by mainline pilots....but that ship sailed two decades ago and is it really realistic to get it all back - especially in one fell swoop?

Additionally, major airline pilots own what scope they have left and only major airline pilots have the ability to sell more scope or buy it back - regional airline pilots don't have the ability to take it from you REGARDLESS of who the collective bargaining agent representing either party is.

From the outside looking in, there are plenty of reasons to be upset at ALPA National but when it comes to scope erosion, I'm not sure how much responsibility Herndon has for that; the onus for that is on the membership.