Originally Posted by Cpt. Underpants
The first, in 1995 - was not a "sign or be fired" ultimatum. What it DID threaten (and was true it's word, by the way) that if the officer chose not to sign, there would be no bases, salary increases or type changes for the individual. At that time, there were 18 who chose not to sign. Many of the 18 names reappeared on another list, in 2001.
So in '95 the entire pilot body had an opportunity to stand up against a deterioration in CoS, which was unenforceable - hence the "option", yet only 18 had the gonads for the fight yet the start of the slippery slope was somehow the acceptance of B scale by pilots with families who were all taking large pay increases to sign onto it? No wonder we are where we are.