Well at least it's a month only. I'm waiting for 9E to do something like that in the near future. I don't know about AWAC but here in 9E, 90% of the pilots would take a month off with no pay in a heartbeat, including myself. Off course this is not good news, it's acutally the trend of the industry right now. Hopefully AWAC and others will manage to weather the storm without furloughing anybody.
Good luck Wiskies!