It looks as if it won't be necessary to furlough any F/As involuntarily, which is good news (if you can call ANY of this good). As far as the low numbers for people taking the voluntary separation, there is practically no incentive to do it so I understand why they didn't get more applications for it. If you want to leave, why not just take a voluntary furlough instead?
I applied for the VF2 and yesterday I pulled up my December schedule on CATCREW and it says LOA on each day and the status at the top says EXT. I'm outta here folks. I wish us all the best of luck, especially the ones who are staying. Who knows? If things are better in a year, I may come back. If I don't, then it's been a great ride for the last 16 years of my life and I wouldn't trade the experience for anything.