Originally Posted by
gloopy
Restoration has to be comprehensive though. Be very wary of saber rattling about restoration because, as in the past, scope may be sold for temporary pay raises. Just like if you trade freedom for security you end up with neither long term, if you trade scope for pay you end up with neither.
Also, keeping scope where it is can be called nothing other than a massive concession. 250+ large "RJ's" with a first class being outsourced is a drag on every seat, every pay rate, every benefit in the system. Does ALPA get that? Does DALPA get that? Or will C12K be primarily about the illusion of an hourly rate increase without fixing scope?
I can only speak for myself, but restoration to me is pay
and scope. I think most of our pilot group has figured out that higher hourly pay rates across the board mean nothing if you don't have a job or if you are flying in a lower paying seat. It is ridiculous that such a huge percentage of our domestic flying is outsourced. That never should have been allowed to happen in the first place, and it needs to be corrected ASAP. This mass outsourcing has cost us thousands of jobs... and the product we are offering to our customers is an embarrassment.