A furloughed pilot voting no on this seems to be cutting off their nose to spite their face.

If you think for one second that voting no will increase your chances of returning to work before the 7 years is up, I believe you are sadly mistaken.

I believe that if we vote this down, management will be in full face saving mode and will lock down ANY recalls until the 7 year mark is past. It doesn't matter how much they have to spend in JRM, they will never recall and admit they were wrong for furloughing.

On the other hand, if we upgrade the 5 guys and keep the other 7 employed, we give them the opportunity to go after new business, grow the company and recall. A win for all involved.

Any current Captain voting no on this will continue to see the JRM beatings as you get no relief with 5 new Captains.