Maybe I'm not seeing it. Before they couldn't use a RJ70 with a CAL callsign between EWR and say CLE. Now with no CAL callsign ... can't they go ahead and do this with the UAL callsign despite the CAL scope language? It's the enforcement and monitoring issue that causes me concern and raises lots of questions.
We've already won that battle once, when they marketed several flights as "UAL" because of codeshare. Certainly doesn't mean we won't have to fight it again, but essentially what has changed? The cerificate is still CAL, callsigns don't mean jack except to ATC and Strfyr. Your absolutely right in that enforcement and monitoring will be issues. They already are. But if we are to hold the line on scope during negotiations, we better still have it intact when we get to that point. You can be sure, the company and the union will both be very aggressive on this front before the JNC ever even discusses it. Much more is at stake than the immediate ramifications. We simply cannot afford to let this one slide.