Semantics semanitcs. What if the judge forces AE to fly 777s? What if she makes AE fly for free?! At the end of the day, I'm assuming AE's MEC would have to negotiate a payscale. The AE MEC should walk away, but they never do. This will only further slow the career progression of pilots by making them fly larger planes for less and less money.

Put it this way, if you create a time machine, go back in time. All the way back to 1990. Find the nearest mainline pilot and tell him/her that very soon regionals will be flying jets. The pilot would laugh. When you told him/her they'd be 76-99 seat jets, he/she would litterally die.