And what would you have told them? If you say 30 - 40 %,jump seat and commuting rosters do you think they would listen? No.
I think they are in deep s... and are feeling the market out. This is a process that will take time ,in the mean time , as someone else said, take the raise and wait to see if the plan works and if not more to come or more to leave.
My understanding is courses in Mar are not filled Feb is full - 1 or 2.
Wait to see if the tri/tre's get , not a lot of interest from the 777 pilots to go into training, wonder why.