I sympathize with the folks that don't have something to fall back on once the furlough starts. That said, some of us that do have fall-backs have already pulled the trigger on the backup plan. With letter in hand, I was actually depending on the furlough happening at this point (it looked pretty damned guaranteed to happen for me near the bottom). Now we are looking at possibly pausing any furlough by 6mos or so by cratering the contract? Please take your time ALPA. Do it right, and don't double screw us guys at the bottom.