This is NOT an indication of respect for the pilot group and shouldn't be confused as such. It is a mechanism to principally benefit managements problems first. One might consider this a "divide and conquer" move in normal times, but in this case I think it's simply a finger they believe they HAVE to plug in the dike as with 3 new-hires this month, they know they are toast if the legacies and LCC's ramp up a Summmer hiring wave leaving Envoy high and dry which increases risk AAG will see that Envoy's pinch-hitter ability is of limited duration.