Originally Posted by
SystemB
The reason for pay protections is that displaced pilots already faced a 30% pay cut; with the TA, and no pay protection many would face an additional 30% reduction in take-home pay due to reduced hours. A cumulative 60% cut! That would certainly not be right.
The pay protections are necessary to prevent that.
It sounds like you’re relieved that this TA took your 60% pay cut and transferred it to the lower 1/3. I’ll borrow your quote as it applies to the lower 1/4 now, “that certainly would not be right.”