Boiler up gets it.. the contract language is much harder to bend in favor of labor versus the employees. Look at the judges they found when they reduced the salaries / benefits and killed retirements in post Sep 11 days through Ch. 11 bankrupcies.
Besides, say that DL decides to cancel all the shuttle america flying because of scope. According to the contract with RAH they will have to buy all those airplanes from RAH.That is a big ticket purchase item.. Even if that was the intention, do you all think that those airplanes will be flown by major pilots?
Not when Hulas is salivating all over them.. So all that money spent to fight this grievance in the arbitrator doesn't win you any thing.. Not ALPA, not ALPO,not Teamsters, not APA will be willing to spend money on this..
The cat was out of the bag with Comair operating very first CRJ100..