As JG and the Negotiating Committee have implied, this has very little to do with staffing and everything to do with money. I'm sure PC and and the rest of the flight mgt dept were given an ultimatum to cut costs, and this furlough threat is what they came up with. Not very original, but they seem to think it will work. Just the fact that they rebuffed the union's mitigation offer speaks volumes of their arrogance.

I'm glad JG is letting us in on the whole process. I don't mind working with the company to cut costs (think fuel sense) but please don't lie to me and threaten a furlough just to take more money out of my pocket.