Originally Posted by Avg Joe

For decades, the airline business has been cyclical, with periods of boom marked by hiring and rapid seniority progression and periods of bust marked by furloughs and seniority stagnation. For the same past decades, when accepting employment during a period of boom every pilot has accepted the risk of furlough during a period of bust (otherwise he wouldn't have accepted employment.) This risk is significantly greater until you have advanced approximately 25-50% of the way up the seniority list.

My question is for the ones DEMANDING the entire seniority list financially participate in the MOU to "possibly" prevent a furlough (the company always retains the right to furlough):

If this seniority-based system has been the status quo for decades, why do you feel the current junior pilots on the UPS seniority list should be exempt from the risk of furlough?