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| Delta to warn over 2,500 pilots about potential furloughs |
| 2020-06-29 |
| [The Hill] Delta Air Lines reportedly plans to warn over 2,500 of its pilots that furloughs could be coming, as the airline company struggles to regain its footing amid the coronavirus pandemic. While Delta and the labor union that represents the company's 14,000 pilots have reached an agreement for an early retirement package, airline officials signaled that it won't be enough to prevent additional furloughs from occurring. "As we’ve communicated previously, early retirements alone likely won’t be enough to avoid pilot furloughs altogether," Delta’s senior vice president of flight operations John Laughter said in a memo obtained by CNBC on Friday. He added: "With that in mind and given that we won’t know the results of the early-out for a few weeks, we must continue to move ahead to address pilot overstaffing. In an effort to best prepare our pilots, we will send notices to 2,558 pilots as required by the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act ["WARN Act"] next week to let them know of a possible furlough." |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #3 Less chance to loose my luggage though, although I haven't checked my bags for a domestic flight in over 10 years. I do so love changing planes in both Detroit and Atlanta for a flight to the west coast. (/sarc) And I generally don't fly Delta (unless someone else booked that flight for me). |
| Posted by: Mullah Richard 2020-06-29 10:40 |
| #2 Tell them their "Buddy Passes" will only be good for middle seats in coach on red eyes. They'll be leaving voluntarily. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2020-06-29 07:45 |
| #1 Checking their licenses? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2020-06-29 07:34 |