For the record, I'm all for EVERYBODY getting longevity credit for time furloughed.
What I'm against is specifically taking it away from the 99-01 group from here until SLI.
What is interesting is that after SLI, if you are bypassing still and are in the 99-01 group, you get all furloughed time AFTER SLI counted towards longevity. So what is difference between then and now?