And therein is the problem.
NO ONE is adverse to talking 3-man and developing sensible (dare I say it) RPs to deal with it, mitigate fatigue, work out reasonable economics, and figure a coherent way to implement it which isn't dangerous. What we are seeing with the 'limited' operations is the wedge approach.
But what's the track history here ?
The FIRST THING the company did when they found themselves short is throw the RPs out the window. And has been said attempt to willy nilly cobble together crews (as it's notorious for doing in times of stress as it is). When the fatigue mitigation procedures, RPs, and sensibility became too difficult, the company simply turned its back on it. Not only this, but it resorted to a form of bastardized continuous reserve windows which only makes the situation worse. Plugging short term holes, burning duty hours, and inadvertently timing people out with no rhyme or reason. Rather than seeking solutions which benefit everyone.
You can ask anyone what rostering is like. Unstable is a polite term. Chaotic is better with hair brained schemes to work around and exploit loopholes in the base FTLs as it is. Not only is it a big deal in terms of fatigue, it's inefficient as well. There is no long term planning or strategy and what's worse it doesn't need to be like this. It hurts everyone.