As Matt101 has pointed out the introduction of the Embraer 190 into the fleet is going to cause some scope headaches.
Marlowe, personally I don't care who operates behind the door, as long as they can follow orders and evacuate the cabin in an ordered and timely fashion, I'm happy.
What you fail to grasp, but then again what do I know, is that the new RJ's and the E190 are all aircraft 'designed' to carry in excess of 100 pax. BALPA gave Citi Flyer a local 'Scope exemption' for the RJ's which is due to expire in 2010. After the debacle of Open Skies the mainline fleet pilots will not allow BALPA to miss this opportunity and they will not allow concessions again. From now ALL aircraft operating in BA livery and designed to carry in excess of 100 pax will have mainline pilots. That is what is written into schedule K of SCOPE and that is what will happen. And how many seats does the 190 have?
So, as I said before, expect changes at Citi Flyer, coming soon.
