I agree completely. They haven’t even tried any voluntary measures. If they offered SIL’s of various lengths in each overstaffed catagory, and there weren’t enough takers to move the needle, I would understand, and be more receptive to an ALV reduction, but they haven’t even made an effort, so neither will I.

If they want to be positioned for a quick recovery, whenever that does happen, we need to have an abundance of pilots trained and ready to go in each catagory. If we cut to the bone, we will weather the storm better financially, but we will be scrambling for 2+ years to get caught up again, and miss out on a ton of revenue over those years. I’m still confident that at some point in the not too distant future...6 months to 2 years, where people will decide they’re no longer afraid of Covid, whether we achieve herd immunity or a safe, reliable vaccine becomes readily available, I have a feeling everyone is going to decide it’s time to travel again at about the same time, and we will immediately be woefully behind and be stuck playing catch up for years to come.

The best option to get through this difficult time, in my opinion, is voluntary SIL’s and if that’s not enough, an ALV reduction, while keeping each catagory overstaffed in the short term, to be ready to stand up our schedule quickly. I think this is what management wants too, but they’re using FUD to get more out of our contract before sharing their plan with us.