Don't know whether this is true or not. However, it has been said that RAH management has a history of furloughing and/or downgrading when labor "relations" do not go their way. When furloughs, downgrades, or both occur, there is sometimes the perception among the pilots that it is more of a pressure tactic than a cost reduction measure. Some of the more cynical have said it is done as punishment for not toeing the line.