Originally Posted by
SeeDub
I agree with your observation and can't wait to see the replies you get, but I don't think the company can save any money by furloughing only the bottom 60 or so pilots. Once the company starts furloughing, then they can no longer legally lower our BLGs. With that being said, if there is a furlough then it's going to be significantly larger than 60 pilots. I think that's where the true cost come into the picture as the company has to re-shuffle bodies.
I don't know why anyone thinks that our BLGs will go up if a furlough. Yes, this is the Union's view. Of course it was also the Union's view that if BLGs were reduced they couldn't be reduced to anything other than 48 (not some arbitrary number between 48-68) and that the reduction would have to be the same across the board. We're losing on that one - maybe we'll win....in several years from now. I don't see anything in the CBA that is cut and dry about BLGs going back up and I certainly wouldn't plan on it.