Originally Posted by Bluedriver

Not negotiating in public, but as an idea, the company could greatly increase the number of 50 hour VIL no-fly lines. Let them be bid on in seniority order, and then via an LOA with JBALPA reverse seniority assign the unfilled 50 hour lines from the bottom. As an idea to help mitigate/prevent furloughs.

That way anyone who WANTS a VIL line can have one voluntarily, and the bottom of the list gets 50 hours + benefits instead of a pink slip.