Carl;
No one argues scope is not important. Not even those "evil" MEC guys
What people are disagreeing on is the means to the end.
From what I gather you are saying we should demand all flying back now? Well there is about 16 billion left on those contracts and that is a lot of money to buy them out of.
Some propose what UALALPA position which is recapture at the end of a contract. Like I said, it is the means that we differ on.