Delta offers payouts to 30,000 employees

Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it will offer voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees -- more than half its work force -- and cut domestic capacity by an extra 5 percent this year as part of an ...

[Ishmael Aboagye]

You have mention that this will affect frontline employees -- such as flight attendants and gate and ticket agents --
It will not affect Delta pilots, who have a union contract with the company.What about the airline mechanics?Are they going to be affected?I know this cmpany is not ready to face any violation from the FAA like the the resent North West airline flying aircraft around wihout regular routin inspection.I personal think Delta should keep all it employees but rather increase airline fares to balance the high avgas price.I strongly need your opinion on the mechanics position in this matter.

[NWA Pilot]

Ishmael Aboagye wrote:

You have mention that this will affect frontline employees -- such as flight attendants and gate and ticket agents --
It will not affect Delta pilots, who have a union contract with the company.What about the airline mechanics?Are they going to be affected?I know this cmpany is not ready to face any violation from the FAA like the the resent North West airline flying aircraft around wihout regular routin inspection.I personal think Delta should keep all it employees but rather increase airline fares to balance the high avgas price.I strongly need your opinion on the mechanics position in this matter.

Read the paper again ding-dong it was Southwest airlines.

[Ishmael Aboagye]

You have mention that this will affect frontline employees -- such as flight attendants and gate and ticket agents --
It will not affect Delta pilots, who have a union contract with the company.What about the airline mechanics?Are they going to be affected?I know this cmpany is not ready to face any violation from the FAA like the the resent South West airlines flying aircraft around wihout regular routin inspection.I personal think Delta should keep all it employees but rather increase airline fares to balance the high avgas price.I strongly need your opinion on the mechanics position in this matter.

[phade2black]

Wow, that's a lot of layoffs. Maybe they should have taken the deal with US Airways when they had the chance.

[Rocky 444]

phade2black wrote:

Wow, that's a lot of layoffs. Maybe they should have taken the deal with US Airways when they had the chance.

1999 NWA had around 10,000 MECHANICS when Richard Anderson left they had close to 5,000.
Today they have 800 total. The team that Richard is putting in place at Delta is the same team that was at NWA. Look it up.

[Old NWA Guy]

phade2black wrote:

Wow, that's a lot of layoffs. Maybe they should have taken the deal with US Airways when they had the chance.

If you would read what DL said, you would realize they are looking for 2,000 to accept from the 30,000 offered.

[777 spoter]

delta has poor customer service, those should be the first to go

[777 spoter]

i will never fly nwa, they just suck
usair should never merge with delta, usair might just be the worse airline in the business, and the way they do business, they are cuthroat

[EX-NWA FA]

777 spoter wrote:

i will never fly nwa, they just suck
usair should never merge with delta, usair might just be the worse airline in the business, and the way they do business, they are cuthroat

so you hate nw,us, and dl........take the bus! whom do you like? you get what you pay for!