Subject: Chairman's Letter--Strike Ballot Results--040406
April 4, 2006

Dear Fellow Pilot,

Today, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time, voting closed for the Strike Authorization
Ballot. Out of 5799 eligible voters, 5590 or 96.4% cast their vote.
Of those who voted, a resounding 5295, or 94.72% voted IN FAVOR of providing strike authorization to the Delta MEC.

Over the past several months, I have used every opportunity to express
to Delta senior executives that the Delta pilots will not work without
a contract. More recently, many of you have availed yourselves of the
opportunity to express this same sentiment through your participation
in picketing events across the nation, from coast to coast, sometimes
on very short notice, and occasionally during inclement weather. Most
recently, we successfully exercised our strike capabilities by staging
a "Practice Strike" in Atlanta that was attended by hundreds of pilots
and received extensive national media coverage. Along the way, we have
been left with no choice but to spend considerable time, talent and
money building a strike capability unrivaled by any past efforts.

As important as these efforts have been, the results of this ballot
will send the strongest message yet that if Delta's senior executives
are successful in their misguided attempt to reject our contract, we
will strike. All too often over the past months, management has attempted
to mischaracterize the defense of our contract as posturing, gamesmanship
and, most recently, saber-rattling. They are wrong. I made this point
quite clearly to Delta's CEO while testifying before the neutral panel
in Washington, D.C. At this point, one of my most grave concerns is
that Delta's most senior executives have come to believe their own press
releases, and that they may actually believe the sound bites emanating
from Frank Lorenzo's former consultants, now employed by Delta. It is
a sad footnote in Delta's history that in a business where people matter,
Delta's current senior executives have aligned themselves with the flawed
and failed tactics of Lorenzo.

As the deadline approaches for the neutral panel to make its decision,
time is rapidly running out on the 1113 process. Our goal has not changed.
We seek a consensual comprehensive agreement, but we will not be bullied
into accepting the overreaching demands currently on the table. We will
not capitulate to these demands based on a fear of what may lie ahead.
We understand the risks. If our contract is rejected, we will strike.

While there is still time to achieve an agreement, it will require that
Delta's senior executives intervene now and remove the obstacles preventing
that from happening.

Thank you for providing your MEC with your strike authorization. The
Delta MEC accepts your authorization with a solemn understanding of
the responsibility it entails. If Delta's senior executives are still
not convinced of our resolve, their next learning opportunity will become
readily apparent should they be successful in rejecting our contract.

Fraternally,

Lee Moak, Chairman
Delta MEC