Mos,
I will NEVER forgive EK for the sackings, that was simply immoral.
But you really think the slightly less than 100 that left (and have now been replaced, total number of pilots now more than 12 months ago) were in lieu of lay-offs? Remember we took aircraft deliveries throughout 2009-2010.
BTW the whole "Furlough" thing is a North American phenomena- Most everywhere else you either have a job or you don't.