Originally Posted by
EWRflyr
OK, the arbitration is NOT over whether the company can fly these out of our hubs. The arbitration is over whether or not the company can fly these flights out of our hubs with the CO code on them. The CAL pilots say the company can't put the CO code on these flights because it violates our scope section to fly a CO-code flight on 51+ seat jets.
If the arbitrator decides for the CAL pilots, the company will still be able to operate these United Express flights but only as United flights without the CO code.
The 70-seat small-jets have been flying in and out of our hubs already as United Express. It's putting the CO code on them before we have a new, combined JCBA with a new scope section that is the issue. The JCBA's new scope will determine the future of 51+ seat small-jet flying going forward, not this arbitration over the CO code issue.
Nope, there is STILL a difference. UAX was flying out of IAH to UNITED hubs. And there was no domicile in IAH. With this flying, Skywest will be flying out of IAH as a HUB, and to spoke cities. Before, IAH was just the spoke. Big, important difference.