And we need to organize as a cohesive group quickly.

I was surprised at how fast they burned through the furlough list to date. Much faster than I expected. I suspect that some were deferring recall and will accept it once they are free from other committments and/or have a decent pad below them.
I'm halfway through the list and am currently expecting to be in a March class; we'll see how that works out. If class size remains constant, I would expect the entire furlough list to have been gone through by next fall.

I don't exect a JCBA to be completed before late 2012; it's not in UCH management's interest to reach an agreement prior to being ready to merge operations. The big holdup is IT integration and from the little I've read on the subject, it sounds like it'll take another year.