Compared to TOWOP, furloughing is expensive which is what my point was supposed to be. TOWOP only lasts at most 1 bid period at a time before everyone gets to bid again for it if the company needs it the following month. Furloughing is a longer term tool that would involve needing sim time before pilots return to the line.

If they are offering TOWOP in December, I bet there’s some people on property willing to forgo the pay in order to get Christmas off. So, again, TOWOP isn’t necessarily a sign disaster is around the corner.

Lastly, as someone who obviously wants to fly as much as you can, TOWOP would actually help you. If not enough pilots take it, it means you’re not flying much at all. If enough do take it, you’re looking at the opportunity to probably fly as much as you want. As I said in my earlier post, mainline did this some over the summer. Guess what? After doing this, many of the categories that had TOWOP ended up giving out a lot of green slips.