Delta to cut jobs in management, salaried ranks
Oct 3, 2015, 8:00 am
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Delta to cut jobs in management, salaried ranks
Layoffs are coming to Virginia Avenue:
AJC: Delta to cut jobs in management, salaried ranks (October 2, 2015)
A short excerpt:
AJC: Delta to cut jobs in management, salaried ranks (October 2, 2015)
A short excerpt:
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines plans to cut jobs from its administrative workforce, saying it must improve productivity. The cuts in positions will come from its roughly 10,000 employees in management or salaried positions. The cuts will affect employees at Delta’s headquarters in Atlanta near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.
Overall, Delta has nearly 80,000 employees, and the company said it will continue to hire flight attendants, pilots, reservations agents and other “frontline employees.”
Overall, Delta has nearly 80,000 employees, and the company said it will continue to hire flight attendants, pilots, reservations agents and other “frontline employees.”
Oct 3, 2015, 10:55 am
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Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Oct 3, 2015, 6:49 pm
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Here's to hoping our old friend Glen Hauenstein is on the chopping block. Now that would be a good riddance.
Congratulations. I think this may have been the most ill thought-out and uninformed nonsense I've ever read (and not just on FT). 
Love it even more when uninformed internet commentators continue to prove why they are uninformed internet commentators
Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Oct 3, 2015, 7:48 pm
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Love it even more when uninformed internet commentators continue to prove why they are uninformed internet commentators
Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Oct 3, 2015, 7:56 pm
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Not even sure what you're trying to say? Pilots aren't there for the increasing percentage of tasks the computer can do, they're there for the things the computer can't do... which is almost always when it's the most important.
Oct 4, 2015, 6:32 am
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The raw truth?
Dear workforce-
Delta has reaped the rewards of consolidation. We have raised fares and fees and it has been extremely profitable ;however our ability to pass costs along to our customers is not infinite. Southwest is getting its act together post Air Tran consolidation and providing strong price pressure on fares, American is newly resurgent post bankruptcy, and the ULCCs such as Spirit and Frontier are nipping at our heels. Our customer base won't tolerate further fare increases. Costs are costs, and they must be cut or covered.
Top managements' priorities are the front-line workers such as Pilots and Flight attendants and we have to cover the %14.5 raise somehow, so if you are management or salaried, you have a target on your back. Fluff and non-fluff will be eliminated and in many cases job functions will be doubled-up to those who survive the job cuts. If you are not cut be glad you still have a job.
Sincerely,
Delta Management
Dear workforce-
Delta has reaped the rewards of consolidation. We have raised fares and fees and it has been extremely profitable ;however our ability to pass costs along to our customers is not infinite. Southwest is getting its act together post Air Tran consolidation and providing strong price pressure on fares, American is newly resurgent post bankruptcy, and the ULCCs such as Spirit and Frontier are nipping at our heels. Our customer base won't tolerate further fare increases. Costs are costs, and they must be cut or covered.
Top managements' priorities are the front-line workers such as Pilots and Flight attendants and we have to cover the %14.5 raise somehow, so if you are management or salaried, you have a target on your back. Fluff and non-fluff will be eliminated and in many cases job functions will be doubled-up to those who survive the job cuts. If you are not cut be glad you still have a job.
Sincerely,
Delta Management
Oct 4, 2015, 7:13 am
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Love it even more when uninformed internet commentators continue to prove why they are uninformed internet commentators
Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Anyway- seems like the folks at DL are continuing to keep a sharp eye on the bottom line. Hopefully, the salaries and benefits for the plane drivers are the next thing on the list. Way too much inequity in what a new pilot makes vs what a "senior" pilot makes. The job itself continues to become increasingly less important..
Oct 4, 2015, 7:19 am
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He is trying to say that driving a plane is incredibly easy and doesn't warrant a high salary. He isn't wrong.
Oct 4, 2015, 8:27 am
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Do you have any comprehension of what it costs to train to be an ATP in the United States without joining the military? If the company wants to start paying for training, then sure, cut pilot wages a bit, but it's already the case that few people are willing to drive themselves into half a million dollars or more in debt, only to come out and make $18,000 a year and live in a crash pad on food stamps. Pilots are retiring faster than new entrants are willing to train and apply.
Oct 4, 2015, 8:32 am
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