...put yourselves in the shoes of the most recent second officers to join the company...
Uhh, hate to punch some holes in your argument, but it is very flimsy. Not a single SO will be furloughed if redundancies are handed out.
First of all, they are very short on SOs. Check the long haul flights and you will see that many are going with 3 FOs and some with 2 CAs and 2 FOs. They are quite short on SOs.
Second, SOs are based in HK, which means they can use them in any ULH, which is not true for based DEFOs.
I don't think the company is in any position to furlough any pilots, they are simply too understaffed to make their situation worse. Even if nobody takes SLS, they still have many weeks of contractual leave they need to award.
They should do this before asking for handouts, and it is our job to keep them to this. At least those of us that are willing to do something about our futures.
