Any News of Delta??

[CarolA]

If something happens, call NW first! That will be easier then dealing with DL.

 

[Julia M]

Thanks guys! I feel better now!

Julia- Where are you staying? We will be at the Beach Club.

We're at Port Orleans our first night, and then over to the Polynesian for 9 nights

Julia

 

[DebbieB]

Delta reaches tentative deal with pilots

Sunday December 11, 8:00 PM EST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc. (DALRQ) said on Sunday it reached a tentative interim agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA), the bargaining representative of the company's more than 6,000 pilots.

Delta said subject to pilot ratification by no later than December 28, 2005, the tentative interim agreement provides for a 14 percent hourly wage reduction "and reductions in other pilot pay and cost items equivalent to approximately an additional 1 percent hourly wage reduction."

Delta said the interim cost reductions would be effective December 15, 2005, and would remain in effect while the parties seek to reach a comprehensive agreement. The company and ALPA would seek to negotiate a tentative comprehensive agreement by March 1, 2006, with pilot membership ratification by March 22, 2006.

"This agreement reflects the resolve of Delta people to work together to help save the company," said Ed Bastian, Delta's chief financial officer, in a statement. "We recognize and appreciate the additional sacrifice this will represent."

Delta and ALPA will request that the Bankruptcy Court suspend the hearing on the company's motion to reject the existing Delta-ALPA collective bargaining agreement, pending the ratification process for the new agreement, Delta said.

Delta said that achieving pilot labor cost reductions is an important element of its restructuring plan. The restructuring plan calls for an additional $3 billion in annual cost reductions and revenue improvements to be realized by the end of 2007.


©2005 Reuters Limited.

 

[CarolA]

The Atlanta paper today pretty much indicated that the strike effort was going to fall short.

(Of course they found one pilot who was going to quit since his pay would only be $78K and take a teaching job where he would make $40K?? I didn't quite get it, but...)

 

[aloysius1992]

The AJC said that according to "experts", a strike was unlikely.
The "experts" weren't even named.

I am telling you that it is getting harder and harder for DH to go to work.
He doesn't care nearly as much about his job. And before anyone lectures that it is time for him to get another job: He knows that and has applications in.

 

[CarolA]

Actually the AJC did have some good info. It had quotes from several pilots and you note that none of them seemed to think a strike was a good idea. (Going on the a job is better then NO job theory. IF you DH is burned out then you should hope they do NOT strike, it will be easier for him to find a job if there aren't hundreds of other pilots out there looking. And if they strike, tell him to start looking hard IMMEDIATLY, DL won't survive!)

 

[bicker]

This is very good news for passengers.

 

[UrsulasShadow]

This is very good news for THIS passenger!
I'm sorry about your husband, aloysius1992. I know how hard it is to continue working for a company with which you have become disenfranchised, but maybe this is just a fantastic reason for him to look elsewhere. Onward and upward, I say!

 

[aloysius1992]

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I'm sorry about your husband, aloysius1992. I know how hard it is to continue working for a company with which you have become disenfranchised, but maybe this is just a fantastic reason for him to look elsewhere. Onward and upward, I say!

THank you for your good wishes. I told him we have to look on the good parts of where ever we are because it is just going to change. So, the airline life had some good parts and some bad parts. Now the next job will have some good and some bad. But if he could be home most nights, have weekends and holidays off, know his time off more than 15 -30 days in advance those will be very good things. He was showing me a picture tonight of himself in the cockpit and we both were thinking that could be only memories very soon as his previous two careers are only memories now.