Originally Posted by
Meow1215
Thats the thing Cog, as an Endeavor Air employee they work for Delta Air Lines Inc, as is the employees of Delta Private Jets. As a matter of fact, Delta receives several tax breaks because Endeavor employees are “Delta employees”. The thing is, you are no longer a Delta employee in anyway, shape, or form, you separated when you retired.
The real question is why are you so worried about maybe 4-6,000 people?
How many people does DAL hire each year? Would something magically change for you if Endeavor was absorbed into the mainline brand DAL overnight?
Should former Northwest pilots receive something less because they were “acquired not hired” and are not actually Delta?
I really do not understand your elitism here, that is what it is. You think your better because you had a double breasted suit for 20 years and you are owed something in perpetuity ahead of the regional trash and their family that are beneath you because you flew “mainline Delta’s”.
Oh and i think you're parsing words trying to convince me that Endeavor pilots ARE Delta pilots. When Delta was using many regionals to do their flying, most notably ComAir and ASA, did anyone consider those pilots to be Delta pilots??? Weren't one or both of those carriers "wholly owned at one time? What's the difference? I suspect what makes Endeavor being a wholly owned subsidiary today was for tax and financial considerations.
Again, no one is disputing Endeavor's value and importance to the corporation. But this is about Delta pilot retirement benefits being eroded by this change.