To me it sounds like a last ditch money making ploy by the love-couple of our beloved airline. Of course not to mention my ex-colleague from AI.
Also, word from the new Maran and Sun TV camp :
The new management guys soon to be replacing the current ones also include new Ops guys/
It is almost certain that the love-couple chief pilots are on their way out to be replaced by Elk.
Therefore, yes .. it is their last ditch attempt to rake in whatever moolah they can from the desperate CPL holders under the guise of "Pay-2-Fly" contracts.