Voluntary month long furloughs is my pet name for them. They're actually called COLAs as in company offered leaves of absence. But the intent is the same. Lowered block hours means they have too many pilots on hand. So, due to the reduction in flying, they have to reduce the staffing, "for now". Which they have done for the last three months. As for hiring. We didn't hire at all through the summer so they are going to need to get people into the process. I thought I saw on another thread that we don't have any interview dates set up going forward. Can anyone attest to that being fact or fiction?