Delta $135K Charity - You Must be Joking

[On Your Six]

So, Delta is in such awwwwful shape. Really?

Then why is Delta donating $135K in scholarships to "future women of aviation"? You have got to be kidding me.... Sure, $135K is just a drop in the bucket, but what kind of message does DAL management want to send when they are doling out money to charities while their own workers are having to accept lower and lower wages... Just another example of DAL management dropping the ball and flubbing any sort of positive communication with its workers. I guess that this indicates that DAL is doing MUCH BETTER than we all thought - obviously if it can afford to dole out cash for charities, it must be in OK shape.

Hey DAL pilots, stick to your guns and don't let Management push you around! Someone should mention this donation during the salary negotiations - ridiculous!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Read story below:




Delta Air Lines Awards $135,000 in Scholarships to Future Women of Aviation
Wednesday March 10, 10:00 am ET


ATLANTA, March 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL - News) will award seven scholarships to students pursuing degrees in aviation business management, aviation maintenance and engineering. The scholarships, totaling $135,000, will be awarded during the Women in Aviation International (WAI) conference, March 10-13, in Reno, Nev.
"WAI provides tremendous benefits to both current and future female aviation professionals through the use of educational outreach programs and a host of other resources," said Jerry Bemis, Delta's vice president-Line Maintenance Operations and a charter member of WAI's Atlanta chapter. "WAI also offers Delta a unique vehicle for recruitment, professional development and community involvement."

Delta will award three $5,000 academic scholarships to students and four training scholarships valued at $120,000. Including this year's scholarships, Delta has awarded $215,000 in scholarships to students pursuing degrees in aviation. Delta was the first organization to award a scholarship in Engineering through WAI.

"These scholarships illustrate Delta's investment in global diversity and our support of women in the aviation industry," said Paul Graves, vice president-Global Diversity and Community Affairs. "Through scholarships and career opportunities, Delta is determined to leverage the talents of women interested in aviation."

Winners of the Delta academic scholarships:

Name Hometown School Area of Study

Catherine J. Cronin St. Louis, Mo. Saint Louis University, Aerospace
Parks College of Engineering
Engineering and Aviation
Tralee Chiusano Placerville, Southern Illinois Business
Calif. University Carbondale Aviation
Management
Erin M. Burleson Tipton, Ind. Purdue University Aeronautical
Technology

Winners of the Delta training scholarships:

Name Hometown Aviation Field Training Scholarship

Lisa L. Soderquist Calgary, Alberta Mountainview B737-800
Canada Avionics Inc., Maintenance Training
Owner/Operator
Judith A. Castle Tempe, Ariz. Mesa Airlines, B737-800
Ramp Agent Maintenance Training
pursuing A&P
license
Jane Deters Anchorage, Alaska Commercial B757/B767
Pilot/Flight Type Rating
Instructor
Leslie Lacayo Dallas, Texas Commercial B737-800
Pilot/Flight Type Rating
Instructor


Women in Aviation International began in 1990 and was formally established in 1994 to encourage women to seek opportunities in aviation. WAI, with over 7,000 members, is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the encouragement and advancement of women in all aviation career fields and interests.

Delta Air Lines is proud to celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2004. As the world's second largest airline in terms of passengers carried and the leading U.S. carrier across the Atlantic, Delta offers 7,737 flights each day to 494 destinations in 84 countries on Delta, Song, Delta Shuttle, Delta Connection and Delta's worldwide partners. Delta is a founding member of SkyTeam, a global airline alliance that provides customers with extensive worldwide destinations, flights and services. For more information, please visit delta.com .




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Source: Delta Air Lines, Inc.

 

[FlyBoeingJets]

It's no joke.

It really is a good idea for women to enter aviation. They have great advantages with all the scholarships and such.

Men are a dime a dozen.

 

[Dennis Miller]

Leslie Lacayo Dallas, Texas Commercial B737-800
Pilot/Flight Type Rating
Instructor

What would a broad that lives in Dallas do with a 737 Type rating?

 

[furloughfodder]

What a freakin joke.

 

[merikeyegro]

You know, it's not typically a good idea to abandon your partner - charities, etc. - in times of distress because you never know the intangibles. Remember that the beneficiaries of these scholarships will remember who donated the money...and likely return as customers. Loyalty does count for something...

That being said, I think companies that whipsaw their employees in times of "distress" while they compensate CEOs with everything but the kitchen sink ought to be taken over by the employees. Just kidding. I hate communism. However, no sense in employers crying for more cash. Funny how things work when the shoe is on the other foot...

 

[klhoard]

Re: Re: Delta $135K Charity - You Must be Joking

What would a broad that lives in Dallas do with a 737 Type rating?

ROFLMFAO!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Oakum_Boy]

Uhh, she would like- Do Dallas or something...

 

[SWA/FO]

yeah!

 

[Dart]

I know a female how got a free type and a job at SWA threw women in aviation...Just because she was a women. ...Now does that push others(Male) back in the pool that have been waiting for a class?

If so what kinda message does that send to the industry..mostly
males.

 

[B1900DFO]

It sends the message that they couldn't care less about what's fair to Joe-blow white guy (even SWA). That donation could help prevent a future lawsuit.

 

[DCitrus9]

Dart,
Yes, those women leapfrogged everybody in the pool. Go straight to the front of the line with your free, shiny, new type rating.

 

[crashpad]

While on a DAL jumpseat, the FO turned and said: 'You should apply here, with your experience I know you can get a job here'.
I spontaniously burst out laughing and then held back when I the Captain didn't think it was as funny. The F.O. didn't get the joke. Of course she did'nt...she was barely of breeding age!

 

[BlackCoffee]

There are also plenty of white dudes that have been handed positions in the right seat due to who they know. Women just stand out more.

 

[Dart]

Man that sucks....Can guys apply to women in aviation! Maybe it would be cheaper for a sex change

 

[Midnight Mike]

Man that sucks....Can guys apply to women in aviation! Maybe it would be cheaper for a sex change

You bet, sex change, a little snip & tuck, and a name change from Dart to hole. That should cover it

 

[flyndesk]

Dart

So you know a "woman" not "women" that got a type rating "through" not "threw" Women in Aviation? I am not usually the grammar police, but if you are going to knock someone down for getting something you want, too, then at least make us all think you are qualified. Good thing the FAR's say "read, speak, and understand" the English language. If we all had to do a writing test, I guess most of us wouldn't make it! Nothing personal, I am sure I am well deserving of an "F" in freshman English, too, once in a while.

SWA does scholarships for kids of employees, too, and that includes the males. With only 4-12% of pilots at airlines being female, I think the idea is to help those gals out that don't have the network of flying buddies that the rest of us have. That's how a lot of us get our jobs. "Friend of Friend" we call it at ATA.
But you should know that- aren't you in the pool? Aren't you a Chico pilot? Not hard to figure out. Sounds like you don't need the 737 type anyway. You'll get one here in about 5 years.

See ya on the line.....

 

[crashpad]

Ohhhhh, pleeeeasssse!!!! Don't turn this fine post into a debate.
Any professional pilot who's been around more than 5 years knows the reality of preferential hiring. Don't go there!

Instead let us focus on things of importance:
Midnight Mikes' award winning post and avatar! The best all around winner catagory of the day!

 

[WhiteCloud]

There are also plenty of white dudes that have been handed positions in the right seat due to who they know. Women just stand out more.

That's true enough, but I know you're baiting us, Mr. Coffee and I'm not biting.

 

[BlackCoffee]

Not "baiting" anything white cloud. Just a fact that some got it out for women. Everyone gets somewhere for some reason or another. You should be proud of others accomplishments as well as your own.