Originally Posted by Splash

Don't think so. I think furloughs were avoided by the efforts of one man who convinced Richard Anderson that furloughs would have a negative financial impact that didn't show up on a spreadsheet.

UAL/CAL will be successful only if their pilot leaders stay focused on a long term view, and ignore the whining from the pilots who will be angry at the way things are going - only because they're angry regardless of how things are going.