Mainline management isn't going to take back ANYTHING! It's the Airline PILOTS Who will have to REFUSE to extend further "courtesies".. THAT GENIE IS OUT OF THE BOTTLE NOW and THE only WAY IT CAN GROW BIGGER if for the next "Trick in the book"!! An Airline like a Skywest will have to Buy into a Major chunk of a United, American or a Delta for the "Right" to fly under their Colors with the Major Airline dictating the Criteria under which Pilots are Hired and deployed even down to the Uniforms and cockpit Equipment.. Once that entity is formed and ALL the scope pay is worked out with flow through proceedures in the manner that a player comes from Triple A ball to the Majors. Then all the "lesser" player Regionals might have to find a "niche" or fade away.. Or?? The "REGIONALS" might again have to return to Branded Flying in the Days of Air Wisconsin, Mississippi Valley, Golden Gate, Golden West, Ransome, Provincetown Boston, Henson, Aspen, Rocky Mountain, Boise Cascade etc. They connected With the majors but they weren't getting the fuel bill paid for them so they Had to be "complete" airlines, Not just a Limo/Taxi Service with wings. They Owned and published their routes and schedules. They managed their way to Success or Failure. And when I worked for one, (Golden Gate) their Pilots walked with pride because they weren't bound by any scope clause They were independent operators with interline agreements.