Delta Invites Employees to Volunteer to Help Clean Aircraft

[FA Mikey]

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Delta Invites Employees to Volunteer to Help Clean Aircraft in Effort to Boost Morale

Delta Air Lines Inc. said Friday it is inviting employees to volunteer to help clean aircraft in an effort to boost morale and improve customer service at the nation's third-largest carrier.

Employees who volunteer aren't being paid for the work, but the Atlanta-based company said the effort is not a cost-cutting initiative.

The initiative launched earlier this week includes increasing the frequency of aircraft deep cleans and refurbishing aircraft interiors.

Delta said it is not eliminating its overnight cleaning crews, and it said it has committed millions of dollars in additional resources to support the cleaning effort.

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[NewHampshire Black Bears]

Bet they get into a FIGHT over who has to clean the "$hitters"


NH/BB's

 

[UAL_TECH]

Delta Invites Employees to Volunteer to Help Clean Aircraft in Effort to Boost Morale :groovy:

Employees who volunteer aren't being paid for the work, but the Atlanta-based company said the effort is not a cost-cutting initiative. :wacko:

UT

PS:
Sucks being in BK :down:
Good luck to you all over here at Delta

 

[luvthe9]

Who ever came up with this idea should be fired, boy are they clueless!!!!!!!!!

 

[groundcontrol]

Bet they get into a FIGHT over who has to clean the "$hitters"
NH/BB's

ROTFL THANK YOU

 

[USAir757]

Who ever came up with this idea should be fired, boy are they clueless!!!!!!!!!

Why is that? Because they tried to start an initiative to help the company? Doesn't anyone here have a sense of duty? I hope you're not an airline employee, because people like you need to be cleaned out of the system. Go work for Dunkin' Donuts, where you go home the moment you punch out.

 

[luv2fly]

Doesn't anyone here have a sense of duty? I hope you're not an airline employee, because people like you need to be cleaned out of the system.

Uh, I don't describe volunteering to clean airlplanes between 12AM and 5AM for free a "sense of duty". I would call that going above and beyond, and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, but your assertion that this person should be cleaned out of the system is ludicrous.

 

[Skymess]

Uh, I don't describe volunteering to clean airlplanes between 12AM and 5AM for free a "sense of duty". I would call that going above and beyond, and I am not saying there is anything wrong with that, but your assertion that this person should be cleaned out of the system is ludicrous.

Seriously. And can someone please report how many of the top management team has already signed up?

Maybe we should forward his post to LCC so they can implement the volunteer program too.

 

[USAir757]

Maybe we should forward his post to LCC so they can implement the volunteer program too.

Only problem is the LCC's aren't losing money by the billions, so they don't need it. (BTW, I never saw where the hours were from 12am-5am). And yes, I was a little heated when I posted that last comment, but it's things like this... I think of the loyalty people used to have for their employers, and how now it's out the window. And if you say it's the paycuts and concessions that has killed the loyalty, then tell me why they haven't moved to an LCC? Or another industry?

The point is that if you are working for a company like DL, you need to believe, and you need to give it your all to bring it back. Otherwise you may has well do something else.

I digress.... but obviously the notion to "give just a little more than you receive" is a hard one to sell on a board like this.

 

[Skymess]

Only problem is the LCC's aren't losing money by the billions, so they don't need it. (BTW, I never saw where the hours were from 12am-5am).

By LCC, I meant your company. Isn't that your new ticker?

 

[PhxMama]

Seriously. And can someone please report how many of the top management team has already signed up?

Maybe we should forward his post to LCC so they can implement the volunteer program too.

LCC has enough wacky ideas, PLEASE dont give them any more! Next thing ya know we will be sorting thru recyclables during lunch! (We also will be asked to attend a training class to decipher codes on the side of the containers! Theres probably a consultant they'll need to hire!)

 

[UAL_TECH]

Only problem is the LCC's aren't losing money by the billions, so they don't need it. (BTW, I never saw where the hours were from 12am-5am). And yes, I was a little heated when I posted that last comment, but it's things like this... I think of the loyalty people used to have for their employers, and how now it's out the window. And if you say it's the paycuts and concessions that has killed the loyalty, then tell me why they haven't moved to an LCC? Or another industry?

The point is that if you are working for a company like DL, you need to believe, and you need to give it your all to bring it back. Otherwise you may has well do something else.

I digress.... but obviously the notion to "give just a little more than you receive" is a hard one to sell on a board like this.

I felt exactly like that for 20+ years, but that was when then and now ‘we’ are just ‘employees’. The ‘Company Loyalty’ was a two way street. We worked for a ‘Company’ to be proud of because we were treated well and worked hard to be ‘The Best’. The ‘Brand Name’ along with decent pay and benefits made us proud and respected by our friends and neighbors.

Fade In/Fade Out…

Welcome to the ‘new’ reality!

Me:
Hi Neighbor!

Question:
Long time no see. How have you been?

Response:
Doing OK, still have a job and I’m above ground. How about you?

ChitChat: Yada..Yada…Yada…neighborhood…cats…dogs…kids…etc…

Question:
Don’t you work for (Insert Name Here) Airlines?

Response:
Yep, I work for (Insert Name Here) Airlines.

Response:
Sorry about that. Are you still in bankruptcy, etc…blah.blah.blah..sympathy…just awful…Yada…Yada..Yada.
I feel just awful that you lost your (Insert Benefit Here).
I’m flying to (Insert Destination Here) on the ‘DD of MMM’, do you think I will make it because (Insert Name of ‘Another Airline’ Here) may be on strike or out of business?

My Reply:
Don’t worry, everything is fine. See Ya!


Loyalty?
WTF? :blink:

 

[lasttoboard]

I felt exactly like that for 20+ years, but that was when then and now ‘we’ are just ‘employees’. The ‘Company Loyalty’ was a two way street. We worked for a ‘Company’ to be proud of because we were treated well and worked hard to be ‘The Best’. The ‘Brand Name’ along with decent pay and benefits made us proud and respected by our friends and neighbors.

Fade In/Fade Out…

Welcome to the ‘new’ reality!

Me:
Hi Neighbor!

Question:
Long time no see. How have you been?

Response:
Doing OK, still have a job and I’m above ground. How about you?

ChitChat: Yada..Yada…Yada…neighborhood…cats…dogs…kids…etc…

Question:
Don’t you work for (Insert Name Here) Airlines?

Response:
Yep, I work for (Insert Name Here) Airlines.

Response:
Sorry about that. Are you still in bankruptcy, etc…blah.blah.blah..sympathy…just awful…Yada…Yada..Yada.
I feel just awful that you lost your (Insert Benefit Here).
I’m flying to (Insert Destination Here) on the ‘DD of MMM’, do you think I will make it because (Insert Name of ‘Another Airline’ Here) may be on strike or out of business?

My Reply:
Don’t worry, everything is fine. See Ya!
Loyalty?
WTF? :blink:

 

[BottomFeeder]

I felt exactly like that for 20+ years, but that was when then and now ‘we’ are just ‘employees’. The ‘Company Loyalty’ was a two way street. We worked for a ‘Company’ to be proud of because we were treated well and worked hard to be ‘The Best’. The ‘Brand Name’ along with decent pay and benefits made us proud and respected by our friends and neighbors.

Fade In/Fade Out…

Welcome to the ‘new’ reality!

Me:
Hi Neighbor!

Question:
Long time no see. How have you been?

Response:
Doing OK, still have a job and I’m above ground. How about you?

ChitChat: Yada..Yada…Yada…neighborhood…cats…dogs…kids…etc…

Question:
Don’t you work for (Insert Name Here) Airlines?

Response:
Yep, I work for (Insert Name Here) Airlines.

Response:
Sorry about that. Are you still in bankruptcy, etc…blah.blah.blah..sympathy…just awful…Yada…Yada..Yada.
I feel just awful that you lost your (Insert Benefit Here).
I’m flying to (Insert Destination Here) on the ‘DD of MMM’, do you think I will make it because (Insert Name of ‘Another Airline’ Here) may be on strike or out of business?

My Reply:
Don’t worry, everything is fine. See Ya!
Loyalty?
WTF? :blink:

Great Post. For a minute...I almost though you over heard my conversations.

My loyality begins at quiting time... it is my family loyality.

 

[Don Smith]

The point is that if you are working for a company like DL, you need to believe, and you need to give it your all to bring it back. Otherwise you may has well do something else.

As a mechanic I can't tell you the number of times I picked up a fallen bag from a beltloader or took a bag of trash down the jetway or even picked up a piece of trash under a seat where I happen to be working on something but we've all done that. But now companies are asking for volunteers to work additional HOURS on top of the day they already put in? The mechanic who just changed two tires and a brake is not going to jump and volunteer...the F/A who just finished four days and is exausted is not going to volunteer and the pilot who...who...well their pilots. Management has no problem implementing a plan like this and some lowewr level managers may even participate but like one poster has said...no upper levels are jumping in.