[QUOTE=gloopy;1169822]Here's where we, as high minded, intelligent, type A personality, ridiculously good looking pilot types tend to step on our own tails.

Theoretically what you said, in its entirety, could be interpreted as a net positive.

BUT!!!!<—there's a very big but here though



Gloopy,

Don't misunderstand me - I don't even take it as a net positive. Even if it was truly 100% net positive today - what would it be in two or three years down the road?

Something is up with Scope, I don't know what it is, but I am sure we will all find out soon enough. We definitely need to improve our Scope and that is the problem. Some things are obvious improvements but others are in the eye of the beholder and that will be tricky.

Is 10 more 76 seaters allowed with 100 Fifty seaters parked - good or bad? Some will say its good, others will say Fifty seaters are going away anyway. Is that selling Scope? What are we buying Scope with - other Scope? What if DCI departures go from 45% (theoretical) domestic to 25% but we allow them to convert some 70 seaters to 76 seats?

You say that if we agree to sell Scope we just have to settle on a price - and I agree with you on that. What I am unsure of is Scope for Scope is indeed selling Scope. Like I said I don't have the answers to these questions but as a narrow body FO I am very concerned and have attended a PUB event (SAN) and e-mailed my Reps - as we all should do.

DALPA will probably come to us with some sort of deal on Scope - it may be good, it may be great (doubtful), it may be foolish and imprudent but something is brewing.

Scoop