DVA2411
First Officer, B777-200
Joined on June 22 2005
Everett 250 Club
Eurocap Club
DVA Fifteen-Year Anniversary
Six Century Club
"Semper Volans" Clayton, NC
653 legs, 1,795.5 hours
92 legs,
203.6 hours online 581 legs,
1,640.8 hours ACARS 6 legs,
22.7 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 28 2005 19:51 ET by John Richardson
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Delta, pilots reach interim deal-
Airline would save about $143M from 14 percent cut in pilots' wages; comprehensive deal due March 1.
December 28, 2005: 6:30 PM EST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The pilots' union of bankrupt Delta Air Lines Inc. on Wednesday ratified an interim agreement with the carrier, paving the way for negotiations to continue toward a final deal in March, the airline said.
The interim deal, reached earlier this month between the No. 3 U.S. airline and the Air Line Pilots Association, provides for a 14 percent hourly wage reduction as well as cuts in other pay and cost items equivalent to another 1 percent, Delta said in a statement.
DO I GET TO KEEP MY HEADSET?
John RichardsonFirst Officer, B777-200
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DVA2253
Senior Captain, DC-8-61
COMM
Joined on April 01 2005
Everett 250 Club
Online Century Club
Eight Century Club
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
"I'd rather be flying!" Church Hill, TN USA
862 legs, 1,344.5 hours
108 legs,
165.2 hours online 299 legs,
485.1 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 28 2005 21:21 ET by George Lewis
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Well, without getting into a political ideology battle, I would like to comment (I'm in that kinda mood tonight LOL) - it seems that while unions are great for some things - we have sanitary, safe environments for workers, etc., they seem to get carried away...
I'm not saying that Delta's pilots make a whole lot or not very much, in comparison to other airlines, but there seems to be a tendency by unions to get more and more money for the employees that eventually leads to the company having problems in the long run, because it isn't sustainable.
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DVA2054
Senior Captain, B767-300
Joined on December 15 2004
Online Century Club
Double Century Club
Northeastern United States
299 legs, 1,116.9 hours
194 legs,
651.8 hours online 217 legs,
791.1 hours ACARS 14 legs,
48.5 hours event
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Posted onPost created on
December 28 2005 21:30 ET by Andrew Dalrymple
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DVA2629
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on October 16 2005
Cincinnati, OH USA
36 legs, 105.1 hours
11 legs,
35.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2005 11:45 ET by Aaron Blinka
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Andrew -
You are correct. Living in Houston, I have several friends that work for Continental, and they are all aware that their positions with Continental would pay about 15%-20% with Delta.
Also, I think the pilots realized that without accepting a pay cut, Delta would surely go under, and I'm sure they would much rather take a pay cut than be out of a job and risk losing benefits, etc. Take a lesson from the Northwest mechanics!
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DVA2629
First Officer, B767-300
Joined on October 16 2005
Cincinnati, OH USA
36 legs, 105.1 hours
11 legs,
35.2 hours ACARS
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Posted onPost created on
December 30 2005 11:46 ET by Aaron Blinka
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DVA2783
Captain, MD-88
Joined on December 31 2005
Lilburn, GA USA
18 legs, 24.9 hours
18 legs,
24.9 hours online
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Posted onPost created on
January 05 2006 00:36 ET by Richard Gallaher
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