I think Nevets hit it there. Unionizing would take care of this whole problem for you. ASA/Skywest should be one airline and on one list. ASA is shrinking and Skywest is growing. On a combined list, no one would be getting furloughed. Obviously Skywest does not want to deal with unionized pilots but maybe some stability would be nice through a contract rather than the company handing out a crappy health insurance plan.