As a CAL guy, I think we understand SCOPE and block hour ratios. Our SCOPE before the merger, was probably one of the strongest in the industry, and after fuel hit $150 a barrel, it reduced the number of furloughs. United brothers get it too...and lived the nightmare of Swiss cheese SCOPE language. I fully understand, can't look at SCOPE in a vacuum, BUT, history is not on your side at all when it comes to airlines that outsource significant flying whether domestically or through JV. As you know one BK takes all that " protected language" and throws it to the dogs. Fix SCOPE ( one list flown by primarily mainline) first, so the company, BK laws and judges will have less capacity to go after the red meat.