let me get this right....it's not okay to pick up open time according to who? In the past the union has come out and said to not pick up open time. This is not the case at this time. From what I can see, some people are picking it up and some people are grumbling about the fact that those people are picking up EF. There isn't much that seems too organized about it. The flying is being done, either by EF'ers or by people that get JM'ed.

BTW, I have never picked up EF (even before there were furloughs; I'm lazy) but have been JM'ed a lot.