A different reserve system is going to be included because the company and the union both want changes. Whether it will be a better system will depend on which point of view you are coming from, union or management, and how badly management wants a contract signed because the timetable is completely in management's hands.

LOS for furloughees IMHO will not be part of the contract because management wants to minimize the numbers of those returning from furlough. They'd prefer to get a new hire off the street at first year pay rather than reacquire a furloughee at 2nd,3rd, 4th,... year pay who may be bitter about their extended furlough. They are also talking about changes to the pension for new hires which will make costs more predictable for management.

I think that after AMR has gone through the list and all furloughees have exhausted their recall rights, AMR may give LOS to the furloughees in exchange for something else outside of contract talks. I'm talking years down the road. That way they withhold any carrot in order to minimize the numbers returning but they will give them a carrot later to get something else. It's less cost for AMR that way and that's how they've done it in the past.