Originally Posted by
80emb145
Why would they pay a dime extra for guys NOT to work? Defeats the purpose. I believe if they furlough, no one would be left on ExTO.
Not an accountant but my guess is because it’s not just junior guys who are on ExTO. There are some very senior people out on ExTO. Each of those guys might be worth one or two junior guys on furlough. You might have to furlough 8,000 guys to get to that senior guy OR you could just leave him/her out on ExTO while furloughing X% off the bottom and reap the benefit of the cost-savings generated by that senior guy being on ExTO.plus the cost savings of a furlough from the bottom.