Scope can mean all sorts of things. It spells out exactly what flying the company is required to use pilots on the spirit ALPA master seniority list. Currently our scope section allows unlimited codesharing as long as it doesn't lead to us furloughed. They could stagnate the list tomorrow and codeshare out any future growth if they want to and then use that as a bargaining chip to whipsaw you against the codesharing company. Norwegian, wow, air Asia, frontier all could be candidates. If they want to use RJs and think they can make money they will do that too. The possibilities are endless and economics may not make sense today but they might tomorrow and you have to protect that.

Jetblue codeshares with Hawaiian, Lufthansa, Emerites, cape air, and more. They probably have 30% more pilots, seniority, and widebodies if it weren't for unlimited codeshare.

The southwest pilots understand scope. Very very restrictive.

Simply put, if it's a ticket sold by and revenue generated by spirit airlines or a holding company it needs to be done on a spirit airplane with a spirit ALPA pilot. You have nothing but words and numbers on paper if scope isn't solid.

Scope also dictate what happens to the pilots in the event of a sale, aquistion, or merger.