I don't disagree with what you are saying but there is currently a consultation going off with Thai Government and airlines and travel company as to what is the way forward, it might not happen.
I hear it directly from somebody I know very well at an airline at the airport, I never said it was going to happen it's just an option that is being put forward as an Idea, they need to do something, a lot of the staff are now the facing the option of redundancy or less than 50% pay