I posted this on another thread, but it makes sense. Just not really well executed...

727 S/O getting passover pay for 727 FO. Get awarded 757 FO. Then get excessed back to the 727 SO seat (never left) but now passover gets taken away.

That way, the junior folks keep flying the panel, but now everyone gets paid for the seat the occupy. (Nugget program cancelled, pay stabilized, nobody getting top engineer pay anymore.)

Still no furloughs, still have a job, but a significant pay cut may be in the cards.