It is blatantly obvious to me that the OP is either management or a troll poster. You don't say things like, " All this Scope talk, well it was not even an issue in the surveys that we all submitted, so why is it such a big deal to some of you now? You can’t just keep moving the goal posts during negotiations", unless you're scamming in some way. All pilots are aware of how critical scope is, even newhires. And if people didn't make much of an issue of it in the surveys, it's because they didn't ask the question, "Will you trade scope away for other improvements?" Scope is one of those things that people take for granted, sadly, until it is under attack. And then it is the only thing that matters.