You will have to strike to get that. Period.

This isn't about the cost to run the jet with a mainline crew. Never was.

The ability to outsource and whipsaw is simply too valuable to the company. It makes sure that you AWAYS have to pay for scope, at every negotiation. Every time you open the contract, the company asks "what's it worth to you to KEEP what you have?". When you have to pay for scope every time, you have less to buy other goodies.

Scope should have been off limits from day one. We should tell the company now "Don't even ask".

Nu