Some of the UAL furloughs had a lot of longevity, but some had very little. A Sept 2001 hire had very little. We also had 08 hires that were furloughed almost immediately. LOA 25 gave these guys a huge payraise.
I can't imagine why the jr UAL guys are pi$$ed other than that they still work at UAL. They got an unprecedented good deal in the SLI. Time to suck it up and move forward.