Originally Posted by sailingfun

The biggest incentive for the company to staff properly is the cost of a GS. If you wanted to reduce furloughs you increase the cost of overtime flying not decrease it. In addition some seem to forget that once a trip has passed through the coverage ladder it goes back to crew tracking for reroute.
Far more important than all of the above is that we will be working under the current contract for a long time unless the company decides to file for release. Any change to current contractual items that would handcuff the company are highly unlikely.
As far as providing GS pay to furloughed pilots I suggested back in 2001 that we take the coming 4% raise and provide every furloughed pilot with 3000 a month on top of cobra. I should see if my old laptop will fire up and dig out some of the emails I received after pushing that idea.