It's just my opinion, but I think it's yet another move by a clumsy MEC that might feel good to some and might seem politically correct (who could argue with giving low pay F/O's more money ?), but just as in the past, from a leverage standpoint, they sold everyone short. As painful as it is, the biggest leverage tool is to have the fortitude to give management the rope they need to hang themselves. That rope is letting their attrition reality mature to the point they HAVE to take the pilot group seriously. This "blink" actually hurts Envoy pilots more then helps them.

Management hopes this will be at minimum a successful can-kicking exercise to get them through the year and perhaps longer. I don't think it will pan out as good as they hoped, but it's certain to me the pilots will be no stronger in the future because of the MEC's agreement with this scheme. In the interim, the F/O's who actually do see some $$$ should make the best of it.