Originally Posted by AxlF16

"Without further mitigation" is the key. They can market a mitigation plan (aka concession) by claiming to reduce furloughs by thousands and we'll think we got a good deal! I'm a pretty reasonable person and am willing to objectively consider options, but I think they are over playing their hand here. Now is the time to be bold and 'press to test'! Call their bluff and simply shrug while saying "a contract is a contract - do your job and manage the airline". I understand that this sounds cavalier coming from a guy with very little risk of furlough, but they've eroded my patience & reasonableness with their 30% axe. They have highly paid analysts and powerful computers but everything seems to add up to a nice round 30%? No calculus - just subtraction.