At midnight tonight, barring any sort of last-minute deal, around 30,000 employees of the Department of Homeland Security were going to be furloughed. |
Even the furloughed convicts who boil down pine trees into turpentine in my vast forest have been receiving an extra pullet or two in their monthly rations. |
Airline passenger traffic fell, aircraft were parked and pilots furloughed, causing a sharp reduction in demand forCAE 's full flight simulators while slowing demand for aviation training. |
American Airlines says it will cut 1,156 furloughed flight attendants from its recall list in October. |
In the past two years, 26 have stopped filling judicial vacancies, 34 have stopped replacing clerks, 31 have frozen or cut the salaries of judges or staff, 16 have furloughed clerical staff, and nine have furloughed judges. |
Sum up the experience of being furloughed in 6 words: I want to return to work. |