Chrian, I guess abbreviating 'termination of contract' (whatever is the reason behind it) to 'fired' lies a bit closer to the truth than 'unwilling vacation'.
I personally know a couple of pilots working in Norwegian, and they're great people, and most of the workforce seems so as well. But the workplace is getting worse.
Myself being a 'frozen atpl kid' (heck, wish I could still call myself 'kid') will not even bother sending an application for the 3 month gig. It is shooting oneself in the foot plain and simple, ethical dilemmas aside.
I will save up a bit more dough and apply to Ryanair. And I do know what I am talking about. The TR cost is similar, but at least at FR you get an ongoing contract, instead of 3 months. If you can contradict that, please do, as I would not have believed it'd be like that if someone had told me 2 years ago.