American Airlines Pilots Say Planned Codeshare On Alaska Airlines' New European Routes Violates Scope Clause

More international flights are destined for the West Coast of the United States, and American Airlines is keen to get in on the action. American plans to codeshare with Alaska Airlines on its new European routes, but has claimed that the airline will not want any flying done on the route with its pilots due to a conflict in scope clauses.

In a report by Forbes , the union representing approximately 16,000 pilots, the Allied Pilots Association president, Nick Silva, noted that American told him directly that they would be going directly against their pilots' scope clauses, which currently permit domestic codesharing between the two airlines for domestic flights, but not for international.

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