This is EXACTLY what I was going to say. We do a great job generally. This article was one-sided sensationalism. Someone with a 104 fever in a wheel chair was wheeled to the back of the plane to his seat. Doors closed. Other passenger activists were told to be seated as we departed. Done deal. Just because someone writes a sensationalist article decrying us, doesn't mean it's unilaterally true or we have to start flailing ourselves as unworthy...

And yes, I did 29 years in the mil and do know what I'm talking about. On today's flight I listened to over 30 "Thankyou for your service" comments from Delta folks to just two military guys on our flight. BOTH of them were offered seats in 1st class by passengers up there, and both of them were seated in 1st class. And it was a 45 min turn. And every seat was taken with one on the jump. And it was raining. And the mil guys got free drinks and snackage. And both stopped on their way out to say thanks for a great show from Delta.

I see that every day I fly the line. I NEVER see a bad act by Delta folks regarding military members. But I guarantee you, some liberal muckraker could easily write up even today's flight and attribute all the rules we follow (D0, seat belt light, stay seated, use lav in your section, phones off...) as an anti-military attitude, if all they did was write about how we made a mil person do all these... and never mentioned it's the same for every other person on the plane.

I read that article, and I said, "so what?". And as I grew up with a mil amputee in the family, I think I've seen enough regarding this to have a valid opinion, beyond just reading some activist anti-Delta article.

 

Maybe it wouldn't hurt us to adopt a bit of Virgin's attitude.
Flying nowadays is viewed by most people as an unpleasant experience. An unavoidable period of drudgery that just has to be endured if you want to get from point A to point B.

Air travel used to be seen as fun and sexy, even in the US.
There's no reason Delta couldn't bring those days back. Or at least try.

 

Call me crazy, but I like that body style, especially the one to the left

TEN

 

Not really.

One of the wildest of the bunch is on the list to flow through to Delta.

 

They are British. If they have teeth, that's a 15 lb trade off.

You can tell they want the guy to hurry & snap the picture so they can exhale .... .

 

Ahhhh, the days back when both pilots and stewardesses were young, thin, and in shape.

 

As long as tbe pilot submits a letter of intent to return before the expiration of the recall rights, they can come back as long as they take the class offered when Delta calls.

 

I think the point was, that the ULTIMATE expiration of any recalls happens sometime in 2014.

If there are no hiring classes between now and then, the people on the sidelines will have missed the boat. I came back 2 years ago, at the point I thought the "return" gamble was approaching it's limit.

Delta has to be hiring for recalls to happen.

 

True - but not for MIL LV guys returning. They can return as soon as their MIL service is over.

Scoop

 

Are you sure about that? I do not see that in the PWA. It specifcally says he has to return to duty within ten years from furlough. I do not see the word "intent".