Originally Posted by Mesabah

If you go head on into a scope battle, which is what most mainline pilots want, the bottom line is you will have to form a new union that only represents Delta mainline pilots. This has to be done to protect mainline pilots from the lawsuits that would ensue from such a move.(i.e. DFR, SLI, etc. from the regional pilots) This is probably the main reason National avoids said conflicts and won't touch scope. It would be a death sentence for national and all their high salaried employees.