New homes, new cars and other material things aren't "doing what they have to do to survive". Sounds like he went on an upgrade spending binge. If they furlough, what do the pilots that get furloughed do to survive? New cars and homes are a little trivial when you don't have a job and can't put any food on the table.

If four pilots pick up four day pairings worth 18 hours each you just cost that furloughed pilot a chance to have a job. When you pick up open time with pilots on the street you're screwing your brothers in arms and helping the company save on the bottom line.

The point is, your other coworkers could end up on the street because your airline is doing what they've done numerous times during their "25 years of aviation excellence". They could have prevented ever downgrade/furlough/exodous they've had in the past 10 years if they had some people that knew what they were doing sitting in those offices in Bridgeton.