Im guessing I will be very unpopular after this post, but so be it. There is an elephant in the room and someone needs to address it. The Lessons here are this. Someone needs to look for long term solutions not just short term ones to get ahead quickly, and Be careful of the precedant you set getting ahead, it may be your downfall later on. Short sighted actions can and will bite you in the butt later on. You think that the "save all" is to return all flying to the majors. Lets see, for every 3 jobs there will now only be 1 so 2/3 of the pilot base will get furloughed. Oh wait thats pretty much what has happened in every merger/alliance in the past, why not now, because the ends justify the means? Why should we care about the other guy, because we will be flying for a major, and title is everything. Broad brush strokes arent the answer here guys. The Old guard sold their scope years ago and now want to gripe? Anyone here believe in Karma. Looking back ask a TWA or Ozark pilot if he would treat another pilot differently in negotiations knowing what his actions could come back full circle just a few years later. Would the old guard still sell out scope for the handful of gains they received, if they knew what they know now? Fact is boys, pilots started down this path years ago to get ahead without thinking it through and how it would affect others long term and it has backfired horribly. Dont blame the new guys (regional pilots) who entered the industry the only way they could with what you left them. Sadly this business model continues to swirl to the left in the northern hemisphere...