Yes it is, especially RJ flying. It's good for everybody.

hold on big fella, its good as long as it goes back to mainline pilots, not farmed out to a low cost regional, aka MESA, Colgan, etc..............

Obviously, I agree. That would be MORE RJ flying. I said LOSS of RJ flying is good for everyone.

We can all sit here and say what we "think" "should" happen but truth is I don't think management even knows how any decision will turn out. Scope is of the utmost importance to me. To be frank I don't care if 3 regionals or 8 fly for the new delta, I just want to see strong language and opportunity at the major level and an upward movement in the overall "bar" of the industry.

Hey Im a P2P member too :)

Why not? If the Delta / NWA pilots get management to agree on scope that includes ONLY two regionals, this is exactly what would happen. I agree that this probably won't happen but it should. If it doesn't, it would further entice labor issues at the regionals. Now is the perfect time to get on board for the combined Delta / NWA pilots.[/quote]

I have to agree with you here. While I also agree with others who say that we are not going to know for sure until it happens, I have heard at the joint NWA/DAL merger presentation, that DAL fully intends to weed out the regionals down to 2 or 3. Which ones will be one of these 2 or 3 is really anybody's guess. I do not think neither Republic or Skywest's position is as secure as people think it is. Even 76 seat RJs are no longer economically viable when the price of oil is topping $145 a barrel and continues to go up. It is expected the price of oil will top $155 this summer.

furloughman,

You are 100% correct my friend...

dead on! good luck buddy.

I'm glad we are all singing from the same sheet of music regarding scope. Now let's all unify together to realign the industry for the future. First of all, ALPA needs to get their $%&T together. We as pilots cannot become selfish. We have to think long term.