We started talking about the furloughs on Thursday in the "over reaction or real indicator" thread. We know when the article was posted, but we all had meetings about it before that and we were sharing what we knew about it. So I'll do the math for you, you were about 48 hours late to that party and you didn't break the story like you thought you did.
Old Dominion is not furloughing drivers, their getting laid off. That means Old Dominion is terminating employment, reapply later if you want. FedEx is saying "take 3 months off, collect unemployment, keep your insurance and get 300/week for each week you were off when you come back to your seniorty spot". Not exactly the same thing.