Hey G.F.
Just to set the record straight on the Braniff scope clause:
at the EAL MEC meeting in Chicago, just after the Braniff route purchase was announced Jack B. , J.J.'s caddy from alpa national came to the meeting and recommended that we take some Braniff crews with the routes. This being my first meeting and being quite naive to the political nature of alpa and also having many Braniff friends and neighbors I, with the aid of a few other on the northeast bases MEC's put a motion on the floor to take Braniff crews. Talk about the south will rise again, the tar and feathers were being stirred up in Hotlanta.
Col. Frank B. also made it clear that he didn't want any crews with the routes. After speaking with both alpa DC and members of the Braniff MEC we found that the Braniff Scope clause only mentioned aircraft, not routes. Sort of easy out. Huh?