It's not stopping anything. Are you really that clueless? You can't go more than 29 pilots from the bottom without hitting a 777 FO. The company would need to completely re-align the seniority list on the fleets that can't afford to lose pilots before furloughing. Do you see them doing that? Never mind that the ridiculous size and length of training out our bids would take far too long to commit to that course of action if things turn around.
That's the whole point of of re-evaluating the utility of 4.A.2.c It's not stopping a furlough because they can't furlough. So why are we giving them the option to manipulate the SAM and reduce BLGs in an attempt to stop something that can't happen anyway?