Sounds like you got way more out of it than I did.
I don't know why management would stand up there and say these kinds of things. I want to believe these are smart guys, they should know they aren't going to convince Alaska pilots that it's cool to let other airlines fly our passengers on almost as capable aircraft with no concerns for our livelihood.
FWIW Ben said that he knows scope is coming when Brad wasn't there. My only concern is that this pilot group gets so wrapped up over a tiny scope win ( which is desperately needed to build on, if anything) and some pay rate of 263 ( marginal increase ) that we miss all the of real issues like schedule, work rules, vacation, legacy reserve rules, etc.
There's some wise pilot out there that once said, "Money is made in the work rules."