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Delta


Atlanta, GA
www.delta.com

quicktake

  • Pilots have approved deal extending contract into 2012
  • Pilots to receive pay raises, equity stake, and other enhancements
  • Delta and NWA's boards have announced merger that will create world's largest airline by traffic
  • Combined routemap
  • Deal highlights: 3.5% equity stake in the new Delta, annual pay raises (5% next Jan; 4% per year thereafter), B-plan contr. increases to 10% in Jan 2010
  • Still needs ratification by pilot group
  • Combined airline will keep Delta name
  • Antitrust approval still required
  • New 777-200LRs fly Delta's longest route: JFK-Mumbai, India
  • Eight new 777s by mid-2009
  • Ten 737-700s to be delivered beginning in July
  • Trans-Atlantic routes: Tel Aviv, Israel; Edinburgh, Scotland (May); Dakar, Senegal (Jun); Nairobi, Kenya (via Dakar in Jun); Cairo, Egypt (Jun); Malaga, Spain (Jun); Amman, Jordan (Jun); and Lagos, Nigeria (Jun)
  • Subject to DOT approval: Cape Town, South Africa (via Dakar in Jun)
  • ATL-Stockholm starting in June
  • Inaugurating Salt Lake City-Paris nonstops in June
  • Lie-flat business class seating on 777s beginning this year
  • This page last updated: May 18, 2008 (contract extension; quicktake)
 
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pilots pilots
7,398
Total
7,398
Active
0
Furlough

ALPA
(amend. 2012)
pilots pilots
777-200LR: 
2
777: 
8
767-400ER: 
21
767-300ER: 
60
767-300: 
20
757: 
136
MD90: 
16
MD88: 
120
737-800: 
71

ATL
CVG
NYC
LAX
SLC

pilots

Announced suspension of interviews in March, until late 2008 or 2009. Last class date is May 5th. Using www.airlineapps.com to accept applications.

Delta jobs page.


pilots

List at ticket counter or gate. Unlimited jumpseats, domestic and international for reciprocal carriers. CASS participant.


Monthly guarantee: 65 hours
Reserve guarantee: 70 hours

Int'l override pay: $5/hr Capt; $3/hr FO

Most junior captain hired: Jul 2000 (MD88/New York)

Contractual pay raises: Jan 2008, 2009, 2010

Per Diem :
$1.85/hr (dom)
$2.40/hr (intl)
 

pilots

401K:
yes
401k Matching:
2% (DAL contribution; no pilot match required)
A/B Fund:
none/9%
Other:
Profit sharing