Originally Posted by
Smooth at FL450
Because they want to squeeze savings out of the guys on ExTO too, and a reduced tfp would do that while a reduced LG would not.
Exactly right. The other thing they are telegraphing is that they don’t intend to let you fly less per month than you are right now, they expect you to fly your full schedule but with a 10% TFP reduction. Lowering the MPG doesn’t allow them to achieve this. Don’t fall for this or the threat of furloughs. They are going to fly as much of a schedule as they possibly can and they are going to need all of their pilots to execute their plans. If they can get you all to fly said schedule for 10% less, then even better for them.