Please don't any of you take any of this personally. But when you go fly with a 20-35 year captain, please ask THEM about furloughs and careers. I believe their opinion will be different than yours. By your response, I would guess you are all 1-5 year major airline pilots.
Don't take my word for it, ask your seniors at your own airline.
Furlough protections always include "Force Mejeure" clauses. These will always be invoked, when necessary.
This isn't anti-DAL, or any other airline. Just reality. Ask the old guys you fly with.