Delta Air Lines has tentative deal with pilots

[Hamfighter]

Delta Air Lines reaches early tentative contract agreement with its pilots


Associated Press*****–*****14 minutes

ATLANTA (AP) -- Pilots at Delta Air lines Inc. have made a deal for a new contract with the airline, their union said on Tuesday.
It's a rare early agreement. Delta's pilot contract was due for changes after the end of this year.
Neither the Air Line Pilots Association nor the airline released details of the agreement. It still needs the approval of union leaders at Delta, and then rank-and-file pilots will have to approve it. But the early agreement is a signal that it's unlikely to be controversial for pilots.
Pilots are the only large unionized group at Delta. Pilots at the other two big international U.S. airlines — United and American — are both locked in difficult negotiations. Pilots at United are trying to reach a joint contract to cover the whole airline after its merger with Continental. American is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection and pushing for deep concessions from its pilots. If Delta pilots approve the deal, the airline will get labor peace at a time when its competitors are going through a difficult patch with their workers.
Delta spokeswoman Gina Laughlin said reaching a deal with the union "has been a high priority for Delta since negotiations began in March."
Shares of Atlanta-based Delta fell 21 cents to $11.22 in afternoon trading.

 

[whatitdoing?]

Delta Air Lines reaches early tentative contract agreement with its pilots


Associated Press*****–*****14 minutes

ATLANTA (AP) -- Pilots at Delta Air lines Inc. have made a deal for a new contract with the airline, their union said on Tuesday.
It's a rare early agreement. Delta's pilot contract was due for changes after the end of this year.
Neither the Air Line Pilots Association nor the airline released details of the agreement. It still needs the approval of union leaders at Delta, and then rank-and-file pilots will have to approve it. But the early agreement is a signal that it's unlikely to be controversial for pilots.
Pilots are the only large unionized group at Delta. Pilots at the other two big international U.S. airlines — United and American — are both locked in difficult negotiations. Pilots at United are trying to reach a joint contract to cover the whole airline after its merger with Continental. American is reorganizing under bankruptcy protection and pushing for deep concessions from its pilots. If Delta pilots approve the deal, the airline will get labor peace at a time when its competitors are going through a difficult patch with their workers.
Delta spokeswoman Gina Laughlin said reaching a deal with the union "has been a high priority for Delta since negotiations began in March."
Shares of Atlanta-based Delta fell 21 cents to $11.22 in afternoon trading.

Began in March!!!! We at Yonited have been at it for 3 1/2 years now. Good for you guys!! But Yonited can KISS MY LITTLE WHITE ARSE.

 

[texman]

What are the pay rates?

 

[maxblast72]

The first question AirTran/Southwest pilots should be asking is whether or not the pay rate tables include a B717 column

 

[BoilerUP]

What are the pay rates?

What's the scope?

 

[texman]

Well, if true hopefully it is a smooth and fast aircraft transition.

 

[Hamfighter]

Bloomberg: Delta Reaches Contract Accord With Pilots Seven Months Early


By Mary Jane Credeur - May 15, 2012 12:40 PM ET



Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL) reached a tentative agreement on a new contract with its pilots union seven months before the existing accord comes up for amendment, in an industry where negotiations often drag on for years.
Leaders of the Air Line Pilots Association’s Delta chapter and its panel that negotiated the contract are meeting in Atlanta today to discuss the terms, Tim O’Malley, chairman of the union’s executive committee, told members in a letter today.
“The negotiating committee and its expanded team have accomplished a great deal of work in the last two months, a process that normally takes years,” O’Malley wrote.
The agreement must be approved by the union’s executive committee and then by a majority of the 10,850 rank-and-file pilots before it takes effect. Terms of the accord, such as whether it includes pay raises or a change to the so-called scope clause that determines what size planes regional partners can fly, can’t be disclosed yet, Kelly Regus, a union spokeswoman, said in an e-mail.
“Reaching a tentative agreement with the Air Line Pilots Association has been a high priority for Delta since negotiations began in March,” Gina Laughlin, a spokeswoman for the Atlanta-based company, said in an e-mail. “We are pleased to have reached this agreement.”
Delta won’t comment on details until the contract is final, she said.

 

[1st Rate]

Nice job Delta and ALPA! 7 months early is a surprise! Way to go!

 

[ultrarunner]

Eight weeks of negotiations..impressive to say the least. Of course, the devil is always in the details....

 

[lakemead1]

My question has always been, if we sign this thing is it effective immediately? Or does it take effect on Jan. 1? I know it's a few months away from a potential ratification, however if the company wants this done so bad it should take immediate effect!