Furlough protection goes the way of the white buffalo with Force Majuere every single time. Spending any negotiating capitol on it is a waste of time. Just ask all the pilots furloughed in the last 13 years how their furlough protection worked out.

As far as what the company flies and where they fly it? It is none of my concern or responsibility. I do hope ALPA is strong enough to make sure that it is us that flies them. In the last 20 years we have not been that strong. Actually, we gave it away.