Is this really a true statement? I'm no expert on our scope history, but I honestly don't remember a thing about scope being an issue when we were voting on C2K. Here's a synopsis of scope that I found posted on the DALPA Forum. What do you think? Is "scope for pay in C2K" the truth or has it become urban legend?
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Contract '96:

-There was a minimum number of mainline blocks. Embedded in this number was a minimum number of international wide body hours.
-The maximum number of seats that connection carriers could operate was 70.
-There was no limit on the number of these aircraft
-There was no limit on the weight of these aircraft as long as they were used in a passenger configuration. If they were used in a cargo config, then there was a weight restriction (70,000 lbs?)
-There was no restriction on the powerplant to be used.
-There were restrictions on the use of these aircraft: stage lengths, hubs etc
-ASA was allowed to continue operating up to 20 BAE 146 aircraft, or any replacement aircraft limited to 96 seats.

C2K changed the above by:

-Increasing all mainline block hours.
-Establishing a ratio of mainline block hours to all connection flying block hours
-there were resets if things slid backwards for Delta, and yes they triggered. In this case the company had to negotiate with ALPA. And this concept of ratios survived until Letter 51.
-Restricted the number of 70 seat jets to 53, with growth of another 25 (one for each 10000 hours of additional monthly mainline flying). These were part of the overall ratio of mainline to connection flying.
-Restrictions such as:
-Max weight for passenger configuration
-Hub to hub, stage length averages, etc
-ASA clause removed.

Letter 46 conceded:

-the number in the ratio, but not the ratio itself. In other words 46 allowed more RJ's, but not unlimited.
-allowed up to 125 70 seat RJ's. NOT, repeat NOT 76 seat RJ's
-lowered the number of mainline block hours

Letter 51:

-Eliminated the connection carrier ratios
-Eliminated the mainline line block hour requirements

RJ grievance? The one over the number of 76 seat jets after Letter 19? It was settled (by agreement between ALPA and management, not by the neutral) by allowing the company the number of jets they wanted if they would remove 6 seats from this increased number (but not all) of 76 seat jets if pilots were furloughed.