Then I can also see them handing all Bible studies over to pioneers to carry out, for clout and to ensure they get enough hours in.
They’ve been doing this for years already. I think it’s a way to keep pioneers motivated. It’s happened to Mrs Hoser. She had a study and pretty soon the elders decided to get a pioneer sister to take over. The person eventually got baptized and the pioneer sister got the assembly interview.
It is a lot better optics than a low hour publisher bring someone into the “truth”.