Us Fll Workforce

[Phantom Fixer]

Lets see

WN, AA, UA, NW, US, CO, ATA, AS, Aloha, Hawaiian, and many more are all unionized, only major not union is DL and they pay more to keep the unions out.

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Lets see,

U is drawing a comparison between Jetblue , America West and Air Tran in its fight for survival...so what the other majors are doing is of little concern in its hopes of staying afloat. What the other majors are doing ain't getting it done either by most accounts.

FYI...DL does pay better in hopes of keeping unions out....but the word is out that DL is going to being cutting employee numbers as well as wages and benefits to all it's employee's very soon. The word came out in ATL Heavy last week....the word was to prepare yourselves. Figures for AMT's alone was in the 2100 range on job losses.

To assume that U has to do what the other majors are doing is pure stupidity...U is a broken business model ..and it either changes ALL aspects of how it does business..or it ceases. Then you can gnaw on your contract to keep the growl out of your tummy.

 

[700UW]

DL made $300 Million last year on contract heavy maintenance and has plans to grow the business.

 

[Phantom Fixer]

DL made $300 Million last year on contract heavy maintenance and has plans to grow the business.

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Just like the times...things change . Watch and learn. Remember where you heard it first. DL will be scaling back as I've said.

 

[700UW]

I can read the newspapers and online articles, DL said last week there would be furloughs.

So you did not say it first.

Layoffs coming at Delta
CEO says changes to pay, benefits for all employees also needed
09:08 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 18, 2004
By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News



Struggling Delta Air Lines Inc. said late Wednesday that it would lay off more employees as part of an effort to keep the nation's No. 3 carrier solvent.

In a memo to Delta staff, chief executive Gerald Grinstein wrote that job cuts, as well as changes to pay and benefits for all employees, are needed to trim costs.

Mr. Grinstein spent most of Wednesday presenting his turnaround plan to the Atlanta-based carrier's nine-member board of directors.

Other than the unspecified layoffs, no details emerged from the first of what could be several days of meetings.

At stake for North Texas travelers is the future of Delta's already diminished hub operations at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Delta employs about 4,000 people in the area.

Consultants and analysts predict that Delta, the second-biggest carrier at D/FW after Fort Worth-based American Airlines Inc., could significantly trim its 255 daily departures.

Delta's flagging stock rallied on news that its restructuring was moving forward, as well as on the resumption of talks with its pilots' union. Shares rose 48 cents to $4.07.

In his memo, Mr. Grinstein said he presented to the board an employee reward plan that includes a combination of equity, profit-sharing and incentive payouts tied to performance and productivity. He did not give details.

In other developments, Delta said Wednesday that it had hired bankruptcy counsel.

"As we have stated before, our goal is to avoid a bankruptcy filing," said Delta spokeswoman Peggy Estes. "We have engaged a number of professional advisers – including counsel – to assist with all aspects of our business reassessment and planning efforts."

Delta also said Wednesday that it was attempting to ease restrictions on bonds backed by its aircraft.

Those securities, called enhanced equipment trust certificates, have allowed all major airlines to borrow money at attractive rates because they're backed by airplanes.

Delta wants to waive some conditions on the bonds to buy them back and potentially make it easier to restructure its debt outside of bankruptcy.

The carrier will also resume talks today with its chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association.

The union said this month that it expected Delta to respond to its request for an equity stake in exchange for concessions.

Delta wants $1 billion in annual givebacks; the pilots have offered just over $700 million a year.

The airline "is prepared to address concerns raised by ALPA as well as other items of importance," Ms. Estes said. "Time is of the essence."

It's not clear when Mr. Grinstein will unveil further details of the plan, but he has said some parts of the strategy will remain proprietary.

"It will take several days for the board of directors to review the plan and make recommendations and decisions," Ms. Estes said.

"As various initiatives are approved, they will be announced and implemented as appropriate over the next few months."

 

[Phantom Fixer]

I can read the newspapers and online articles, DL said last week there would be furloughs.

So you did not say it first.

Layoffs coming at Delta
CEO says changes to pay, benefits for all employees also needed
09:08 PM CDT on Wednesday, August 18, 2004
By ERIC TORBENSON / The Dallas Morning News

Struggling Delta Air Lines Inc. said late Wednesday that it would lay off more employees as part of an effort to keep the nation's No. 3 carrier solvent.

In a memo to Delta staff, chief executive Gerald Grinstein wrote that job cuts, as well as changes to pay and benefits for all employees, are needed to trim costs.

Mr. Grinstein spent most of Wednesday presenting his turnaround plan to the Atlanta-based carrier's nine-member board of directors.

Other than the unspecified layoffs, no details emerged from the first of what could be several days of meetings.

At stake for North Texas travelers is the future of Delta's already diminished hub operations at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport.

Delta employs about 4,000 people in the area.

Consultants and analysts predict that Delta, the second-biggest carrier at D/FW after Fort Worth-based American Airlines Inc., could significantly trim its 255 daily departures.

Delta's flagging stock rallied on news that its restructuring was moving forward, as well as on the resumption of talks with its pilots' union. Shares rose 48 cents to $4.07.

In his memo, Mr. Grinstein said he presented to the board an employee reward plan that includes a combination of equity, profit-sharing and incentive payouts tied to performance and productivity. He did not give details.

In other developments, Delta said Wednesday that it had hired bankruptcy counsel.

"As we have stated before, our goal is to avoid a bankruptcy filing," said Delta spokeswoman Peggy Estes. "We have engaged a number of professional advisers – including counsel – to assist with all aspects of our business reassessment and planning efforts."

Delta also said Wednesday that it was attempting to ease restrictions on bonds backed by its aircraft.

Those securities, called enhanced equipment trust certificates, have allowed all major airlines to borrow money at attractive rates because they're backed by airplanes.

Delta wants to waive some conditions on the bonds to buy them back and potentially make it easier to restructure its debt outside of bankruptcy.

The carrier will also resume talks today with its chapter of the Air Line Pilots Association.

The union said this month that it expected Delta to respond to its request for an equity stake in exchange for concessions.

Delta wants $1 billion in annual givebacks; the pilots have offered just over $700 million a year.

The airline "is prepared to address concerns raised by ALPA as well as other items of importance," Ms. Estes said. "Time is of the essence."

It's not clear when Mr. Grinstein will unveil further details of the plan, but he has said some parts of the strategy will remain proprietary.

"It will take several days for the board of directors to review the plan and make recommendations and decisions," Ms. Estes said.

"As various initiatives are approved, they will be announced and implemented as appropriate over the next few months."

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My comments were directed at the shallowness of your response about DL making 300 Million on contract Maint....and more precisely the figure of 2100 people in the maintenance arena that they have yet to publically disclose.

What has been said in the press is painted with a broad stroke....I'm being more precise about the only things that concern our career path.

You on the other hand just like to debate and quote the manifesto regardless of the subject matter.

This topic was about FLL and the workforce....and once again you have tanked another thread with mindless robotics. I'm done with this.

 

[flyguy121]

Here we go again...

Can someone explain WHY EVERY TOPIC has to turn into an IAM B@#$%Fest??!!
Do the IAM Members need that much attention that every topic MUST go astray and be dominated by the same endless rants and diatribes?

What does Delta's Financial Troubles have anything to do with US Expansion in FLL and how that affects Operations there?

Yeah...That's what I thought...

:down:

 

[Justaramper]

I guess my concern is what type of AC they plan on using for this expansion...?