Originally Posted by skypine27

I'd like to believe management about the "we have no intention of furloughing"; They certainly have said it enough times.

However, these latest 2 excess bids seem (to me) to finally put the company in a position to furlough, if necessary. Previously, a furlough of say, 300 guys, would have resulted in dudes in almost every seat being hit: HKG FOs, ANC FOs, A300 MEM FOs, 727 FOS, 727 SOs.

By the time these excesses have closed, a furlough of 300 guys would only come from two seats: HKG FO and 727 SO. The 727 SO seat will be comfortably fat after the latest excess. And frankly, I don't believe the additional vacancies of HKG FO are a result of a gigantic increase in flying over there. Rather, I think it's the company's hope to get a few more senior guys in that seat to help offset any they'd lose in a furlough.

Hope I'm wrong and the "we have no intention to furlough" stuff sticks.