Originally Posted by
JoeMerchant
Howdy bumped,
Again, I looking for the specific language. The CAL pilots are making some threats without backing it up with specifics. That isn't sitting well with me.
Does everyone realize that CAL has been doing this thru "codeshare" long before this IAH issue came up. I pulled up two examples on the CAL website.
Example 1: FAT to IAH. Using codeshare, the first leg could be on a Mesa CRJ900 (USAirways Express)
Example 2: MFR to IAH. Using codeshare, the first leg is on a United Express 700 (Skywest)
They have been doing this for a long time. Is it the cities of IAH, CLE, and EWR that make the difference?
CAL has been selling tickets on CRJ 700s and 900s for quite some time now....
Here, I believe, are the relevant paragraphs of our scope section:
4. Complementary Carriers Operating Aircraft Smaller than Eighty (80) Seats.
A Domestic Air Carrier that only operates aircraft with an FAA certification of fewer than eighty (80) seats may engage in Complementary Carrier Flying on jet aircraft with an FAA certification of less than eighty (80) seats and may operate such flights under a Marketing Agreement, without inclusion of such flights in a Complementary Carrier ASM Ratio specified in Paragraph 1 above, provided that the Domestic Air Carrier:
a. Does not operate such Complementary Carrier Flying to or from a
Company Hub; (CLE, EWR, IAH and GUM as defined in our CBA)
b. Is not an Affiliate of another Complementary Carrier;
c. Does not operate any flights under the designator code of another
Complementary Carrier; and
d. Does not operate any flights under a Revenue/Profit Sharing
Agreement with another Complementary Carrier.
5. Company Hub Flights.
The Company will not permit Complementary Carrier Flying between
Company Hubs or to or from a Company Hub (except for Hub to Hub Flights).