Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Its been pointed out many times that scope was the last thing settled on the last several contracts. It was not concluded until long after everything else was done. When the allowed more E170/175's we did not get paybacks in other contract areas. It was forced on us by circumstances and the 1113 process.
That is incorrect and I do not think you were proporting to speak for the Northwest pilots' negotiations, not that there was a whole heck of a lot of difference. Delta followed the same model NWA did with similar results. It remains a fact that no Judge has ever invalidated a scope clause.
A negotiation took place where scope relaxation was monetized in the form of bargaining credits and distributed amongst other parts of the contract(s). The Negotiator's Notepad publications, ZipLines and Testimony all document what happened.