Based on the hostile tone of your post, I think you have a disproportionate emotional response to the scope issue that isn't shared by many of your colleagues.

The reality is that there is a lot of room for improvement in the AA contract (although it is obviously orders of magnitude better than any regional deal), and it's entirely possible that scope relief is offered up to realize that improvement. I seriously doubt you'd vote against huge sweeping improvements for yourself just because it's going to make it harder for other guys.

Besides that, if you really have the contempt for regional pilots that you express in your post, shouldn't you want to strand as many as possible in the regional sweatshop? Scope relief is how you do that.