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usmc-sgt
Anyone have any word if this is possible before 9/31? We all know they can’t change rates of pay, but no clarity on this yet. You’d think no as it would be a $100k pay cut for some individuals, but it certainly could be a grant loophole.
Easy-Peasy workaround: Do the downgrades during the slow summer months. Pay protect those pilots at min line guarantee at CA pay. On 01 Oct you have all the replacement FO's you need for a mass furlough. The bill only says they have to pay you, it doesn't guarantee what kind of work you do (or don't do).
Dollars to donuts that's how it goes down, unless they can get some kind of relief interpretation. But the later could actually be risky, getting back to my what-if theme of needing more money from congress this fall after abusing loopholes to violate the spirit of the first relief package. Might not want to be "that guy"... especially if there's a regime change next January.