Open Time compared to Picket Lines and Alter-Egos???

Come on folks, the open time issue is fairly weak.

Now if you can manage without picking up OT, great, you may save somebody a furlough letter.

But I know plenty of folks who live for OT, each and every month (not going to discuss the wisdom of that). I'm not sure I'd tell them that they are obligated to stop picking it up (when they've been doing it all along) and change their lifestyle on those grounds. It is pretty ridiculous to tell someone to go into debt, trade in a car, or downsize the home over something this nebulous.

The guys who are furloughed have other options...they can do whatever they want or need to do.

The guys who are NOT furloughed still have to make ends meet, and generally don't have the option to fly on the outside...they have to function within their corporate boundries.

BTW, I don't do OT myself.