Originally Posted by
iahflyr
Interesting thing I just thought of...
Are any of the United guys getting up in arms about the Colgan Q400's (with 76 seats I believe) being flown ORD-CLE. Isn't that a clear violation of United's scope??
No, of course they aren't. The Q400's are allowed under CAL's scope clause.
When we do sign a JCBA, odds are that all the current regional aircraft will be grandfathered in, or the scope clause will be a mix of what it is at the two carriers today (allowing some 70 seat jets and some 76 seat turboprops). But until we sign the JCBA, I don't think we have any leverage in complaining. The fact is that the company is operating within United's scope clause by operating the Skywest 70 seaters, and the company is within Continental's scope clause by operating the Colgan 76 seaters.
Thanks for pointing this out, I will ask my LEC rep about this! If it is a violation (or anywhere close) to our scope then we SHOULD be raising hell! I honestly don't know the answer since we haven't had to deal with large Turbo Props.
FWIW, you ALWAYS have the right to complain when you're contract is being violated. You win some and lose some, but it's always a lengthy process to get resolution. A 'win' could give extra leverage for other things.... A loss could backfire and make the contractual fix more costly... Or the entire issue may be OBE.