This is another reason why when you talk to some AA line pilots they wouldn't mind seeing a C scale with Eagle guys flying the aircraft, I have sat in multiple Jumpseats the last few weeks and most of those guys say merge the companies, combine the lists because they see the writing on the wall. They know that if they allow SCOPE out the window the will loose a lot of jobs like they have in the past 15 years. They know that allowing the code share will kill them as well. Most of the guys have less than 10 years flying under 121, by stapling the list below them they give themselves a little bit of room and with fences they won't feel a difference. Now management won't allow this because it will eliminate what you mention above. And yes I am an Eagle pilot who is in his late 20's and being stapled to the button of the AA list would be a wet dream for me, but that is not where I intended to go with this comment. I am not one that wants larger RJ at Eagle, I want the jobs at AA because someday I would like to have a mainline job. But back on subject, I believe APA has to keep their fiends close and their enemies closer and I agree with you on the whole Eagle Union willing to do whatever it has to and there is nothing the line pilots can do when the majority of us pilots are willing to just sit and ride it out. I don't know much about unions and only have a handful of years of experience in this industry but don't agree with what our union is doing.