As much as I think ALL of us would like to see scope taken back... its sorta like sex..... you just cant stop.....

I seriously doubt scope will ever be taken back in any meaningful way. The dynamic of this business has been changing for 20 years. American "FLAG" carriers such as UAL, DAL/NW, CAL etc.... are probably destined to increase their international flying and ONLY fly high profit domestic flights... everything else is/or will be relegated to the National/Jet carriers such as SKW, XJT, RAH and the JET Blues and AIRTrans of the world. It is what it is....

I think plenty of regional guys today are willing to "shut it down" rather than continue down the path we are...... And when this tier of companies increase their pay... and the big guys do the same down the road... guess what....we will still be complaining that we are getting paid less than them... etc...

Good luck to all......