I posted these replies in the other thread. But, since you have reposted, I will as well:
Originally Posted by
levelhead
Argument:
The company is using this so that they can make us essentially part-time employees.
Answer:
There are clear snapbacks in place to bring mpg back into place. Do you really think they want thousands of pilot sitting around at half mpg while paying for their benefits? That is not efficient. They want to squeeze every bit of productivity out of you. Look at what happened in 2008-2009 after the furlough people were flying almost 100 hours a month.
I really wish people would stop using this argument. You clearly don’t understand what MPG is or what it does for you. It sets the MINIMUM pay you can expect to receive every month. It has nothing to do with how much flying you do. Management would be happy as a clam to pay the line holders whatever it takes to cover the schedule up to UPA/FAR limits, and leave the poor souls on reserve with 36.5 hours of pay.
...people keeping using the argument that reduced MPG will fix itself because management doesn’t want unproductive pilots. MPG doesn’t make pilots unproductive. Caps would make pilots unproductive. Management also HATES paying pilots a penny more than they have to. Reducing MPG definitely helps them with that.