http://www.ajc.com/business/content/business/delta/1204/11delta.htmlasa rat said:
ASA pilots plan to picket headquarters
Pilots at Delta Air Lines' regional carrier, Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Monday will begin the first of several pickets next week outside ASA's Atlanta headquarters near Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport to protest the pace of two year-old contract talks.
The pilots, who are represented by a separate unit of the Air Line Pilots Association than Delta's mainline pilots, plan morning an afternoon pickets on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, said Capt. Rick Bernskoetter, a union spokesman.
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"They need to get serious about these discussions," said Bernskoetter. He said union and airline began negotiating a new contract in September, 2002, but turned to the National Mediation Board this summer after contract talks bogged down.
ASA's pilots and other employees have been largely unaffected by the job and pay cuts that have affected Delta, which barely skirted a bankruptcy filing this fall. However, ASA employees also are paid a fraction of what their mainline counterparts make.
Pilot pay ranges from about $20,000 a year for starting pilots to $90,000 for senior captains, said Bernskoetter. Pay for a mid-career captain at Delta dropped from $225,000 to $152,000 after a 32.5 percent pay cut that took effect this month.
