It is a terrible thing to happen to a great company like CX to have to show such utter incompetance in handling a conflictual situation involving the ONLY non-expendable employees in an airline:cockpit crews.All these latest developments are taking place in an international context which certainly is not favorable to a tough stance by any airline management anywhere in the world.In Europe & the US, Pilot trade unions have demanded & obtained huge improvements in pay & working conditions, benefiting from a sustained growth in the industry & a forseeable shortage of cockpit crews for major airlines. I have had the chance lately to discuss these matters rather extensively with friends who are in CX management;sadly, what it boils down to is that the head of CX is totally incapable of anticipating its own cockpit crews' reactions to any form of productivity improvement. The latest measures taken seem to be just one more poke in one direction, just to test reactions. If reactions are not up to expectations, it will be assumed by people taking those new measures that they are on the right track to achieve their goals, & further similar decisions will be taken, to the detriment of the same categories of personnel. Involving cockpit crews in strategic decisions concerning the future of the company would be another direction to be explored and this can only happen if all pilots in CX show enough solidarity to force CX management to back down on the latest measures. One thing that never be forgotten is that you call the shots if & only if you are holding the high ground and that is exactly the CX pilots' porsition just now. What is left to do, to my mind, is to convince CX deciders that this is the case. It will be very difficult, if at all possible, to recruit large numbers of pilots to replace the ones being laid off within a reasonable span of time & the more publicity we can give to the rest of the profession concerning the despicable attitude of CX management in the last 2 months the harder recruiting will be. Hang in there, boys.