There will be no furloughs. A company wouldn't voluntarily give up flying at the expense of a great deal of training, just to furlough. The pilot contract is not costing them too much, its the improper utilization of crews that is. The training costs are being covered by Delta so the only real problem is temporary. The consulting firm is being brought on board to help with the realignments of the companies into one efficient machine. There is a lot of overhead in Memphis and Minneapolis and all the bases that needs to be done away with. Things as simple as negotiating getting out of the lease of two crew rooms in DTW need to be taken care of to help in saving money. Consolidation is not something that happens overnight and Menke realizes that the company needs help to gain the efficiencies of this merger. Don't let the "Chicken Littles" scare you.