[quote=buzzpat;581894]From personal experience...Delta provided non-rev travel benefits to me throughout and for my family for a period of time (I think it was 12 months). DAL also kept my clock ticking towards seniority, pay, benefits, etc, throughout (which ended up being 6 years). DAL also aggressively pursued placing furloughed pilots into non-furloughed staff positions.
Through DALPA, DAL pilots provided medical/dental benefits until we could find/afford other alternatives.
Being furloughed sucks. IMHO, DAL made it as manageable as possible.
Credit for time served on furlough was a contractual item. It was not given by management to assist furloughed pilots. It was a hard fought contract item. Delta was the first airline to achieve this and most still don't have it. It created a larger pay raise for many NWA pilots with the merger by changing their year group for pay. It allowed furlough pilots to come back to higher pay rates at Delta.