Originally Posted by MaxQ

(I should know better than to engage with you, but humans are more emotional than wise)

"Furloughs or no furloughs".
While technically having ones employer cease operation isn't a furlough, it certainly achieves the same result.
The number of people at Spirit was around 17,000, was it not? (And probably thousands more to come as the Spirit shutdown ripples through its vendors)

It is actually worse than a furlough.
All vacation accrued gone.
All accrued sick leave, gone.
All accrued seniority, gone.,

So, for those who predicted furloughs, I would say they pretty much called it right.