There are two fundamental approaches to cutting staff costs - by screwing everyone a bit or by screwing a fraction of the people a lot for the sake of sparing any pain for the others. Or a blend of both - redundancies for some AND pay cuts for the others. The way Turkish have handled it is perhaps among the best examples in this part of the world. The offer does include a firm commitment to reinstate previous remuneration levels and, at the same time, it saves everyone's jobs. And the latter is a big thing in the current environment. It's in everyone's interest to keep the numbers of unemployed pilots as low as possible since a great number of unemployed pilots ready to accept pretty much anything won't do a favour to anyone's T&Cs.