I agree with you that the staffing model shouldn't include seasonal furloughs but, lets not b.s. ourselves into thinking this isn't a service industry that isn't affected by peak and non-peak seasons. In my previous post I guessed a more than normal reduction in flight hours. Meaning a normal slow-down wouldn't require layoffs but if they reduce it significantly more than normal we would be "overstaffed" (I know we wouldn't be overstaffed and jm'ing like crazy, but mgmt will still percieve us as overstaffed and furlough anyways). Us being "overstaffed" being the reason for further furloughs.