Have you been following this board?????
Every single question or post is answered by a loud minority with DL sucks or Jeff is a liar or fleecing this or that... it's very annoying to say the least! :rolleyes:

That said, it's gotten much better as of if late! :o

:rolleyes:

.... that doesn't mean there would probably be an "ugly" turn of events at such a DL event.

It makes more sense to me for people to worry about getting hit by a car than about how things could "turn ugly at some events like this". :rolleyes:

There's nothing annoying about the dynamics of this board -- FT isn't meant to be just for any one anointed group, not even the DL pom-pom squad or its counterparts.

I have but how does being vocal on a subject relate at all to turning "ugly."

GUWonder expressed it well, also

Bottom line, people can dissent even vigorously but that does not translate into action. I seriously doubt that someone who hates or vehemently dislikes DL or Jeff or a particular FA or GA or a CSR or a DL apologist is going to take the time and incur the expense to travel to ATL for a DO.

Besides we know who they all are and are monitoring their movements, reservations, flights, calls to other airlines, and postings on other boards. ;)

:eek: I thought the monitoring only applied to TS/S posters.


;)

They were planning to go to the annual meeting....:rolleyes:

I was one of those planning to go and I wouldn't have turned 'ugly.'

Every one I know would say I already am.

If they truly hated DL, doesn't it make more sense that they would just sell their shares? Rather than remaining a shareholder and making the committment to show-up at a shareholders meeting in order to express their concerns regarding the company's direction? I didn't closely follow that thread, but I don't recall anyone advocating any action that would disrupt the actual meeting or turn "ugly".

I agree 100% but as Juanefny says have you read the forum?
I agree that being vocal doesn't turn something ugly. But I am not talking about you.
Agreed.

So what?

It wouldn't be the first time FlyerTalkers have attended at Delta shareholders meeting:

Exactly... drama :rolleyes:


Although... I'll give you this... I do think that one time it was merited.

This time we would have been almost invisible. I'm not aware of anyone planning to attend with a budget for renting & redecorating a truck.

Much ado about nothing.

This board actually allows a good discussion on a wide variety of topics related to Delta. With that said, YES, there is quite a bit of Delta bashing that goes on, but I believe that is due to the fact it is a very one-sided discussion. In order to have a "healthy" debate, there has to be two sides to the discussion. When there is only one side of the discussion, it can be perceived as very dominate and could appear to be bashing. When valid issues are raised and there is no answer or discussion with Delta, we are often left to speculate the reasons or intentions. Some good, and obviously some bad.

Meeting face to face is a completely different venue than a FT board. The majority of posters on here, are well traveled, intelligent, and can bring a tremendous amount of good experience and quality feedback to Delta. I firmly believe that those that take the time to attend any DO event, would enjoy it and would no doubt offer their feedback and opinions to Delta (if asked), while absolutely respecting the event and anyone from Delta who attended.

Could someone get way out of hand... anything is possible. In my personal opinion, highly unlikely. Would other members at the event allow someone to exhibit behavior that would that gets unacceptable or "way out of control" with out stepping in? Probably not.

Bottomline, I think benefits of getting an interested group of FTer together and perhaps interfacing with Delta Management at some level would far outweight any possible "issue" that might arize from bringing a group of Delta's best customers together.

Will a DO event happen... I can't answer that, but I sincerely hope so. The more responsbility we as a group take to make that happen without depending on Delta to manage or sponsor it, the more likely it is to occur.

DWD had taken that on the lead to make this event happen, and I think he was more than generous to do that. Would we like Delta Management to sponsor or perhaps plan and run this event... sure, but not likely. Given everything that has transpired here, I think a small group of us should now step up and make this happen. If we pull this off, we should absolutely extend the invitation to Delta Management, and I am sure we can get several people representing Delta to attend. As I have said many times -- even in this thread, I am more than willing to help, even lead if that is what it takes.

I would at minimum like to attend the Road Warrior training with some of Delta FTers on here.

Anyone with me?

Can someone help me out here? I remember reading the initial post on the thread in question, but I proceeded to ignore it as it grew to three pages.

Was DL's reaction just because it was brought up in the first place, or did something transpire later in the thread that made it more troublesome? If someone can PM me I'd appreciate it...

It HAS happened before. It was not in any way, shape or form DL initiated. We here at FT made it happen, along with guidance from DL on some levels, a good deal of enthusiasm on others and certainly there was some complacency, as well. They definitely were not interested in being the whip, but not completely unresponsive. I'm sure there are no complaints about the way we were treated (very well, if you're wondering - we even added to the ranks of FTers. Hi KMK!)

I found the hardest part of organizing that event to be saying, okay, it's going to be at XYZ on XX/XX/XXXX. That seems to be a bit of what we are going through now. DL provided a few choices, based on what would be best for them. Reasonable, as we were their guests.

I for one, and Mrs. Italy for two, are still in for a DO in some form at some location. Not sure what I can do to help make it happen but I will give what free time I have away from my duties as Mr. Mom without the kids allows :) I will also bring a bottle of Kentucky water and whisky.