+1. Your payrate can be $1000 per hour, but if there aren't any airplanes it is worthless. Scope is paramount.

And for all the senior guys that think a scope relaxation will not affect them, you are mistaken. If we allow them more 76 seaters or larger airframes in exchange for higher payrates, you can kiss the majority of the narrowbodys at mainline goodbye. Your mid to lower seniority widebody left seat will magically turn into one on the opposite side of the cockpit. The turd WILL roll uphill.