Originally Posted by
N5467C
Your theory on the future of the airlines seems right, but you are basically pointing out that scope is not a problem. I am not too familiar with scope, but will major airline pilots such as United, delta, and american just let scope fade away over time, and or is it really economical for airlines to violate scope and just pay the fines?
I seriously think that the majors don't see this as an insurmountable problem. There have always been ways round scope clauses for the majors. They'll claim that they're putting more jobs at risks by not outsourcing their flying than they are by keeping it in house, or something along those lines. At the end of the day, we are becoming a more and more self centered and selfish society, the majors will try to use that fact to convince it's pilot groups that the unions don't have their best interests at heart and then before you know it, we'll all be flying EMB 170s for $23 an hour!
Don't be fooled into thinking that it's us who hold the cards here, it's very much in the hands of the airlines. If you refuse to do a job, someone else will always come in and do it for less.