Yank McCobb
Song and Dance Man
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sweeper said:The problem arises if a scheduled operator goes on strike and another airline comes in and flies the routes for that airline. Routes that are yours before the strike are ok to fly, but putting extra flights on the same routes shared with the on strike airline are not.
The only reason I responded to the post is that SCAB is a strong word in this industry and being labeled one incorrectly can hurt in the future.
Which is EXACTLY what you are doing with your example. Labeling incorrectly.
Based on your example, you seem to believe that if American goes on strike (they have flights from ORD to BFE) and UAL decides to increase THEIR schedule from 4 flights a day to 6 on that same ORD-BFE route, that now the UAL pilots are scabs?!?
Think again.
When EAL was on strike, plenty of US carriers increased flights on their routes. For example, Delta in the SE US and to Latin America. So, were the DAL pilots "scabbing"? Hardly.
If your are going to lecture people about throwing the "scab" word around, then get your facts straight.