I see. The problem is that pimping is a form of employing. You said "conspired to throw pilots out of work" which is the opposite of employing. You see how this can be confusing.

On another note, I don't think "PBS caused furloughs". However, when the furloughs did come, the company was able to furlough more pilots. Maybe a case of semantics. In either case, as has been pointed out in several posts above, PBS allows the company to run with lower crew ratios. Getting rid of PBS would necessitate a higher crew ratio... or so it is commonly believed. Now you can apply this variable to the furlough situation.