Guys wouldn't have 12-day patterns if they were not PXing on the freighter. But, with so many sectors per month at 50% credit, they are available for much more flying before hitting their 84th credit hour.
If nobody would PX, everyone would work less and therefore get paid more for the same amount of work. WTF is so hard to understand?
And guys would be rostered to operate to their home base, not PT. As it is, the company is scheduling an extra 20 pilots to work each day just to avoid paying even 1 guy some overtime. That's easy with so many flying at 50% credit. But with nobody at 50% credit, the rosters will get more efficient (less work days/less flights for the same pay), more rewarding for the pilots (more pay for same flights), or generate more overtime (more pay for more flights) and obviously, if earning double or more than double the credit (100%/107%/115% vs. 50%) for 2 or 5 or 8 sectors per month, pilots will have more days off. Why do you think the company loves freighter PXing? WTF is so hard to understand?
We know there are plenty of pilots (certain bases/fleets/conditions combinations) who rarely come near 84 credit hours per month, and they would have to start taking on some of the load left behind by those no longer working at 50% credit while remaining below 84 credit hours. Why do you think the company loves freighter PXing? WTF is so hard to understand?