Originally Posted by
Mesabah
Carl, I will try again. Management decides the process in which scope is recaptured, not the union. If the union in section 6, actually gets a section 1 saying, "All flying done by Delta seniority list pilots", it is up to management to comply with that section. The union can only grieve it if management doesn't comply. The problem is, a hostile management will make this recapture as painful as it could possibly be. Mainline pilots will not be able to deal with the consequences of these actions. It's even possible for management to get its hands in a seniority list integration and put regional pilots even above you Carl on the new seniority list. Are you prepared to deal with that, is the DPA? ALPA apparently is not able to deal with that.
As I see it, the only way to get scope recaptured is to have management willingly put it back on the mainline list. You'll have to come up with some new ideas that have never been thought of before to accomplish that.
The ideas are there.
Let use CAL/UAL and the 70+ seat scope issue. They won in court and got an injunction, so if management chose not to comply, trust me a court of law would tell them, "A contract is a contract."
As for integration. There are ideas that I have talked to my regional counterparts about that they see as agreeable. First, the decision to tackle the elephant in the room needs to be decided. Until then it is all theory.