I believe it's 8 engineers who are getting furloughed. The company upgraded as many back seaters to the First Officer position as they could; anyone who had the required flight time was given the opportunity to upgrade, and a bunch did.
The remaining engineers were all given opportunities to take non-flying positions in the company. Some have decided to take the positions available, some didn't.
Not aware of any recent firings, but there were a few resignations this week; one went to Jet Blue, one got a corporate job, and I don't know about the third.
Hiring is moving forward as planned; our fleet is simply re-aligning to more modern jets, so Engineers are a dying breed. We will still have 4-5 200's flying for the foreseeable future, but the rest of the fleet will be glass cockpit.