Originally Posted by thor2j

I have talked to the person who added that longevity term and it was meant to deal with leaves (military, familiy, etc....). It was not intended to mean anything else. He will testify to this. The bottom line is it will go down pretty much by relative seniority. They are not going to put somebody on furlough ahead of any active pilots. Wih relative seniority all the "waves" of hiring in different years are leveled out and everbody continues to do what they were doing.