Satch, you have absolutely no clue what you're talking about. Lexus and a beach home? On what I make? Yeah, right. I have less buying power than a narrowbody First Officer had 10 years ago! I drive a Hyundai Sonata and live in a 2500 square foot house in Arkansas. But go right ahead arguing against restoring our compensation. Keep stabbing your fellow pilots in the back and spreading the kind of misconceptions that our management likes to spread whenever negotiations are active. Maybe you'll have a management job waiting for you if you get that furlough you think you're going to get.
I've said it several times and I'll say it again. I don't think there is any way that significantly restoring our pay will result in anyone being furloughed. I don't want anyone to be furloughed, including you.
But for you to want the entire profession to be devalued by HALF its historical value... to avoid what you perceive as having the potential to cause you to get furloughed... is about as selfish as it gets.
And what opportunity for retirement did I already have? I am not now nor have I ever been in a position to be able to even think about retiring. Again, you just have no clue what you're talking about.