As a last resort after early outs, voluntary furloughs, and all other options, this seems to be the best idea of how a concession could be given. It would have to come with a time limit, no furlough, and a no involuntary displacement guarantee. A furlough hurts more than just the pilots getting furloughed. It also means at least half that number get downgraded, captains and FO’s get kicked out of bases and become commuters again, seniority goes backwards for everybody with the exception of a top percentage.

If the average line value was lowered for 30% of CA and FO lines to say 50 TFP, they just become part time pilots with no sacrifice in benefits or pay per day. They would still retain the ability to pick up open time. This sacrifice would then fix itself if demand returns before a time limit was reached. Then again...Im just a dumb pilot but if we have to fly around with middle seats open we would need more airplanes/pilots per ASM than a normal situation.