Meister Brau
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- Jul 17, 2002
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I received this email from a friend today. Is this just a rumor? Any Delta dudes know anything??
Maybe some of you can verify this, I just heard it from a friend last
> > night. He says that Delta will take up to 50 of their 757's and
> > make a "new" airline (probably like a Delta Lite), to compete with
> > Jet Blue. The only Delta employees that will be involved will
> > be the Pilots, as their scope clause prohibits Delta from operating
> > any jets without them with over 70 seats. The F/A's will be new
> > hires at a fraction of the pay of the current F/A's with little
> > or no benefits. Meanwhile, Delta is closing 5 F/A crew bases
> > and laying off about 2000 F/A's.
Maybe some of you can verify this, I just heard it from a friend last
> > night. He says that Delta will take up to 50 of their 757's and
> > make a "new" airline (probably like a Delta Lite), to compete with
> > Jet Blue. The only Delta employees that will be involved will
> > be the Pilots, as their scope clause prohibits Delta from operating
> > any jets without them with over 70 seats. The F/A's will be new
> > hires at a fraction of the pay of the current F/A's with little
> > or no benefits. Meanwhile, Delta is closing 5 F/A crew bases
> > and laying off about 2000 F/A's.