Delta Pilot Intimidation
01-19-2026 | 10:51 AM
#241
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2. Getting the FAA involved via the ASAP program really highlights the culture at Delta. It will raise more than a few eyebrows. In my experience in the safety world as well as non-aviation related investigations, root causes are often attributed to the organization’s culture and the environment leadership (management) fosters. I think (hope) the FAA will get involved real fast upon seeing this dangerous trend of the company encouraging pilots to fly less than well.
Many of the people who work in that office are retired old guard Delta goons, who are buddies with the old guard goons who still run Flight Ops. The FAA will be our absolute last advocate.
The letters will still backfire on management in many other ways, however.
01-19-2026 | 10:55 AM
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I'm not impressed with the tone but I also think it's a battle between legitimizing the giant strawman the company built, getting pilots fired up allowing them to take hostages and saying nothing other than we saw it, ignore it
01-19-2026 | 11:21 AM
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edit: If we’re really looking for recourse, I suppose one of the letter recipients could go to the media…
01-19-2026 | 11:37 AM
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01-19-2026 | 11:39 AM
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They could have called it what it truly is.
01-19-2026 | 11:45 AM
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And the DOT is headed by.... Duffy, so I wouldn't hold your breath. We'd have better luck with Pete Buttigieg.
01-19-2026 | 11:49 AM
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You really think the FAA is a just culture with consequences? It's a corrupt government organization headed by the good reverend Bedford, the former CEO of Republic. Ask some Republic pilots about him.
And the DOT is headed by.... Duffy, so I wouldn't hold your breath. We'd have better luck with Pete Buttigieg.
And the DOT is headed by.... Duffy, so I wouldn't hold your breath. We'd have better luck with Pete Buttigieg.
01-19-2026 | 12:01 PM
#248
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There are a lot more pressing things at hand than a spelling mistake. Moving on.
01-19-2026 | 12:16 PM
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From: ir.delta.com
The highlight of the conversation that will take place between the FAA’s Delta CMO and Handel will be “Hey, what’s our Saturday tee time at [choice of PTC country club] again?”
Many of the people who work in that office are retired old guard Delta goons, who are buddies with the old guard goons who still run Flight Ops. The FAA will be our absolute last advocate.
The letters will still backfire on management in many other ways, however.
Many of the people who work in that office are retired old guard Delta goons, who are buddies with the old guard goons who still run Flight Ops. The FAA will be our absolute last advocate.
The letters will still backfire on management in many other ways, however.
01-19-2026 | 12:19 PM
#250
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This. It's just documenting the act with a third party. This isn't even receipt required mail so I probably got one and never read it because it was stuck between the grocery store flyers and got tossed in the trash. It has no effect and is a nothing burger except so sew mistrust leading into section 6. Carry on, there's no value or weight to the letters any line pilot needs to consider.
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