Motch, my guess is you will see more furloughs at the other legacies as well. UAL has been very conservative in its moves - not revamping too quickly, drawing down more dramatically. Two months ago everyone was complaining that AA and SW were flying so much. Well, their experiment didn't work. UAL correctly anticipated sustained suppressed loads and was able to save much more cash because of it.
My guess is that UAL is getting out in front of this cutting staff quickly where the others will be doing it eventually. Maybe UAL WILL be better poised to take advantage of the recovery. We'll see. For now I will trust that leadership knows what it's doing with regards to long term survival of the company. Our job is to preserve our UPA.