Scope starts to rear it’s head...
#31
Line Holder
Joined APC: Sep 2013
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You might want to read the LOA again. Additional UAX restrictions, rate protection, displacement cancellations, guaranteed COLA’s, and work reductions are temporary and only in effect while the LOA is active. Section L lists the permanent gains such as FC deadhead, improvements to reserve bidding, LTD increase, and pay raise. Scope isn’t under that section. When the LOA terminates, scope and the seat restrictions go back to the original language and only the listed permanent gains remain.
#33
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#34
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It happened before when the 19 seaters were phased out, and it could happen again due to low demand caused by the virus, or through the eventual phase out of the 50 seat fleet. We don’t know how things will look post COVID. The legacies could decide that protecting a slot with a little plane on an unprofitable route makes long term sense, or they could let routes go like they have in the past. They could also go for reduced frequency on larger aircraft, which reduces the demand for slots. Either way, we’re just along for the ride.
#36
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They could do anything that they want, but they’d still be paying for the slots. If they think that spending that money is worth keeping those slots for future use, or just to keep the competition from getting them, they will. If they feel that dropping certain markets, changing equipment and frequency, or letting slots go makes more sense, they may do that too. When the turboprops were phased out for the 50 seat jets, some markets were dropped, some grew due to improved service, and some remained unchanged. The same thing will happen going forward. If during and after the recovery the airlines see a value in 50 seat jets to service small communities or to protect slots, they’ll keep them around until they just wear out, if they see more value somewhere else, the decision on when to retire them could be accelerated.
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