Employees Tell Columnist about New Delta
Aug 21, 2003, 8:05 pm
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Cholula:
I believe I also saw his previous column. This guy doesn't pull any punches....nor should he. Too bad he doesn't write for an ATL paper where he'd get wider readership.
This is one of my favorite quotes from the article:
I believe I also saw his previous column. This guy doesn't pull any punches....nor should he. Too bad he doesn't write for an ATL paper where he'd get wider readership.
This is one of my favorite quotes from the article:
To sum up, Delta employees are mad as hell, and I don't blame them. I suggest to the dunderheads on Delta's board of directors that they look out for their employees for a change. Bring in Dave Garrett and his management team to resuscitate Delta Air Lines and its employees. Do that and Delta won't need image experts. Simple isn't it?</font>
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/...30703032.shtml
Yarbrough: Delta's new image does not fly
" Don't look now, but somebody is getting ready to spray-paint a cow patty. According to news reports, Delta Air Lines has hired a creative firm called BrightHouse to help improve its image. You remember Delta, don't you? They are the folks who said they had to pay their executives $27 million in bonuses and offer them special pension protections so that the suits wouldn't run off and work for somebody else. Personally, I thought Delta made a smart move. After all, with the economy booming like it is, what is to keep the senior vice president for nutritious airplane food from bolting the place for the chance to flip hamburgers at McDonald's?"
And:
http://www.onlineathens.com/stories/...30403103.shtml
Yarbrough: Delta dealing out bonuses that would make Enron blush
What in the name of Orville and Wilbur Wright could Delta have been thinking!
At a time when young men and women have sacrificed careers to go fight a war on our behalf; when more than 8 million people are unemployed - many with no insurance or benefits - and millions more wonder if they, too, may soon be out of a job, the robber barons at Delta Air Lines decided this would be a jolly good time to reward themselves with bonuses that would have made Enron blush. Their reasoning? They want to keep their ''leadership team'' together. Here is the kind of leadership the team provided last year: Delta reported a $1.3 billion loss, a 58 percent drop in its share price and the elimination of 16,000 jobs and the people that go with them. Let's hear it for the team!
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Aug 21, 2003, 11:25 pm
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We still have US-AIR service 6x daily to Charlotte.....
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by LexPassenger:
I don't remember if his previous column was posted here or not, but here's a follow-up where Athens Banner-Herald columnist Dick Yarbrough chronicles responses he got from Delta employees. Delta Suits' Perks Just Don't Fly
(Athens, by the way, lost all air service recently when USAir Express pulled out. Since they are fairly close to Atlanta, the EAS subsidies cannot be applied to service there. Everybody is now expected to drive to Atlanta.)</font>
I don't remember if his previous column was posted here or not, but here's a follow-up where Athens Banner-Herald columnist Dick Yarbrough chronicles responses he got from Delta employees. Delta Suits' Perks Just Don't Fly
(Athens, by the way, lost all air service recently when USAir Express pulled out. Since they are fairly close to Atlanta, the EAS subsidies cannot be applied to service there. Everybody is now expected to drive to Atlanta.)</font>
Aug 22, 2003, 7:56 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by OldRoyal:
To the contrary: Pensions guaranteed in the event of company bankruptcy are a new low.</font>
To the contrary: Pensions guaranteed in the event of company bankruptcy are a new low.</font>
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Aug 22, 2003, 8:09 am
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More from my new buddy Dick Yarbrough at the Athens Banner-Herald:
"...Reiman says the first thing he wants to do is to improve the relationship between the company and its 77,000 employees, which he says are Delta's ''best advertisement.'' There is one teeny problem, however. The Delta employees I have heard from think the current management sucks...."
Ya gotta love this guy.
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Sep 5, 2003, 1:39 pm
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We are not the only people being screwed.....employees are also