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.