I have to say... With so many new hires at the legacies coming directly from the regionals -- many of whom suffered through the lost decade -- I have trouble imagining how these guys would ever vote for scope relaxation. Because they know exactly what further scope relaxation will do: keep guys like them, friends of theirs, stuck at the regional level that much longer.

There really doesn't seem to be any appetite among legacy pilot groups to relax scope, either now or in the future. Sure, that may change, but I can't imagine any regional flying anything larger than 76-seaters in the foreseeable future, because for that to happen, attitudes among the legacy pilot groups would have to change significantly...