[QUOTE=beeker;387532]For someone in the bottom 200 would it be better to take a COLA, still keep longevity going and find another $30,000/yr job or wait for a maybe furlough? Out on a COLA longevity continues to accrue and on a furlough it doesn't, is that correct?[/QUOT

COLAs go out by a bid, and unfortunately, if you're in the furlough window, you can't bid for it. i.e., if they need to reduce by 200 pilots, they'll offer 200 COLAs, but the bottom 200 pilots won't be eligible to bid for the COLA.

Yes, longevity continues to accrue on a COLA.

FYI, I'm about 15 people from the bottom of the senority list. See you in the unemployment line.

Riddler