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A big thank you to all the Delta employees who worked so hard to make this event a success. I know he's on vacation and won't see this, but special thanks to my gate agent who tolerated my pestering him with a gazillion questions about Deltamatic.

Unfortunately, I had brought only one gift card with me, which I gave to my gate agent and not my red coat, but I hope to rectify this the next time I'm passing through ATL.

Thank you all again for your warmth, generosity and patience. You make me proud to be a loyal Delta flyer.

Canarsie

This luncheon is only for those Delta Air Lines employees and event volunteers who contributed to the success of the event.

You contributed greatly to the success of the shirts for the event, so you are invited, of course.

To other event attendees, please do not take offense, as it is simply a matter of economics. However, the Thank-You Luncheon last year was critical to the success of the event this year, as Richard Anderson personally pledged to us at the luncheon last year that more resources and budget would be committed to the event this year.

I do believe that he kept his word and then some...

Sez_Who

Sorry, should have asked this with the last question...

Has a date for this luncheon been set yet?

Canarsie

Not yet.

Flyin'Mom

Just want to say a huge Thank You to everyone involved in this event.

As a Diamond Medallion who lives in a non hub market where AAnother carrier would be a more logical choice, there is one reason I keep flying Delta -


I've always though Delta had the best front line in the market. Now I know they have the best people everywhere.

Thank You Delta!!

indufan

And me too, BTW. Maybe that was that mystery money that I didn't know where it was going.

Canarsie

We originally had intended to have the leftover funds from the registration fees used to subsidize the Thank-You Luncheon, but the logistics — especially the bus transportation — was far costlier than we had anticipated. Plus, we wanted to provide a premium-quality experience for all throughout the entire duration of the event, not only with the venues, but also with such items as the event guides and the shirts. As a result, the remainder of the capital left over was smaller than we had anticipated.

We do truly appreciate any assistance that can be provided to give the employees of Delta Air Lines — as well as our hard-working staff of event volunteers — a proper thank-you for all that they have done for us.

DiverDave

I'll add my thanks to the many Delta employees we visited. I do so appreciate those that were working on their own time, and those that took the time to talk to us and explain how they do their jobs. It was very interesting.

We had a great group, and I especially appreciate those who supported us by staying at the Hilton. The good folks at the Hilton really helped us out in many ways, not the least of which was providing transportation to and from the airport over the weekend. Should you receive a survey about your stay, please be sure to respond and hopefully you can rate them as 9s and 10s.

I had a really hard time getting to sleep every night - it wasn't the Hilton's fault, it was the fault of Brian and Steven for setting up this extraordinary event. I was just too excited to drop off to sleep!

David

DLdweeb

No problem. PM me if you will with payment options (if a check is doable, let me know who to make it payable to and an address). Boneheaded me, I should have asked about this at the event......

ND76

Megadittoes to this.

dedehans

Would WesNspace be able to create another form where we could post additional contributions with our Credit Cards to the DL Lunch? I would be happy to contribute.

Sez_Who

IIRC they were collecting funds at the Prime dinner, no? Well, at least that's where I made a donation. Sure hope it got into the right hands.

atldlff

Rest assure, the donations have safely made it into the right hands. On behalf of the Delta Employees and FlyerTalk Volunteers that participated in the event, and will attend the Thank you Luncheon - a BIG THANK YOU to all of you that contributed! It is greatly appreciated.

MemphisQueen

After catching up on a few Zzzzs, I'm back in action on the boards and want to also reiterate what everyone else has said - THANK YOU! Those 4 days were amazing. As Jeff said at dinner Thursday night, we all want Delta to succeed, and seeing their commitment to their customers makes me want them to succeed all the more.

I'm still floored by the fact that DL gave us the executive session time and was open and honest about issues. Heck, I've never even met my own CEO! I love that they thought about things that would be fun, informative, and actually useful for us HVC and FF to learn at the RTW portions. Knowing medical emergency procedures, how to operate emergency exits, and even the basic self defense moves are important as we could potentially encounter situations that warrant their use.

I personally wasn't able to participate in the ACS, but am so jealous of those who did. What fantastic trust DL put in the Flyertalk folks that they allowed us to represent DL on the frontline to their customers.

Last- but certainly not least - thank you to the Flyertalk leaders who nursed the idea to life and put in countless hours of "free" physical and mental labor to make it all happen. I owe so much to your dedication and drive. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Crazyhotelguy

I already posted in the original thread, but wanted to post here as well...

+1 and I are extremely appreciative of all of the hard work that went into making this past weekend an overwhelming success.

Everyone of the Delta employees that we met made us feel welcome at the event and we did feel like one of the family. We did not want the event to end, especially our Sunday morning as gate agents. We would have worked all day if we had been allowed. I kind of felt like a kid being pulled away from my scanner, kicking and screaming....

We are very much looking forward to the next DL event.

THANK YOU SO MUCH DELTA FOR ALLOWING US INTO YOUR HOME...