Leaders of Delta pilots seek strike vote

Reuters ^ | Dec 8, 2005 | Unknown

[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.

[boholliday]

true, lets keep that a secret though.

[hattend]

Plenty of the first and some of the second.

[Non-Sequitur]

Delta's pilots are the highest paid in the country. Senior Captains make $350,000 per year, flying 60 hours a month.

According to this Site they make less than half that.

[Clemenza]

Ok, I am wrong. I thought the 747 captains made the earlier quoted amount. I do know that salaries have been reduced in recent years. My bad...

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

I donated mine to the military families..they can use them faster than I could and I don't want to waste them.

[countess]

The bankruptcy filing indicates the average pilot's salary at Delta to be $169,393. They did take a 32.5% pay cut last year. That would put the average salary pre-cut at $225,857. A few of them made over $300K.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

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.

[Onelifetogive]

Would this be something like the crew of the Titanic voting to strike....after hitting the berg?

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Bingo. People strike to get something. The airline has nothing they can give.