Posted on 12/08/2005 3:06:01 PM PST by Hillarys Gate Cult
WASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Leaders of the pilots union at bankrupt Delta Air Lines (DALRQ.OB: Quote, Profile, Research) voted on Thursday to seek a strike authorization vote from members, the labor group said.
The timing of a vote had not been determined, according to the Delta unit of the Air Line Pilots Association, which is fighting a company bid to throw out its contract to save money as it restructures in bankruptcy.
true, lets keep that a secret though.
Plenty of the first and some of the second.
According to this Site they make less than half that.
I donated mine to the military families..they can use them faster than I could and I don't want to waste them.
I'd like to see a seniority distribution for Delta. I suspect that they shaved the top off the "years at Delta" category by offering early retirement in 2004 and earlier this year. A senior pilot who didn't take early out and access their lump sum distribution (instead of the pension) was rather stupid.
I would think you have generational extremes - less than 5 year tenured pilots are not vested in the pension - so they might be willing to go for broke. Some intermediate tenure pilots might be willing to strike, those with say 20 years don't want to blow the whole thing away.
Would this be something like the crew of the Titanic voting to strike....after hitting the berg?
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