Originally Posted by KC10 FATboy (Post 604159)

I'm lovin' it ...

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Originally Posted by Razor (Post 604086)

It's good to see RA trying to do something about Biden's remarks. I also like the goal of no layoffs.


Richard H. Anderson
Chief Executive Officer
April 30, 2009

The Honorable Joseph “Joe” Biden, Jr.
Vice President of the United States
Eisenhower Executive Office Bldg.
1650 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC 20501

Dear Mr. Vice President:

Delta’s employees have rallied through this financial crisis to build the world’s largest airline. Despite a difficult economic environment, Delta has succeeded without any frontline, involuntary employee layoffs. Our goal is to weather this economy without layoffs. There has been no interruption in employee pension benefit plan contributions, shared reward payments, pay raises have continued and there have been no increases to employee health care premiums.
We are proud of what we’ve accomplished, but amid this difficult economic situation your suggestion that air travel is unsafe due to the H1N1 flu outbreak is harmful and threatens to have a negative impact on the airline industry at this critical time. We would respectfully request that government and industry follow the professional direction of the CDC, as we are doing.
Obviously, if one is feeling sick they should not go to work, attend school or travel. But for those who are feeling well, it is important for you and the White House to reassure travelers that there is no reason to be concerned.
Our employees have met the challenge posed by this flu outbreak to ensure that our aircraft are clean and that operations of our airline pose no health risk to our customers or employees.
While Secretary Napolitano and other administration officials have affirmed that public transportation is safe, we ask that you further clarify your remarks to reassure the public that commercial
air travel is safe and that there is no need for unnecessary panic and the unneeded economic disruption that would inevitably follow. We support and appreciated the administration's leadership on the Stimulus Package and do not want the economic recovery it will stimulate to be dwarfed by this event.

Sincerely,
Richard H. Anderson

cc: Rahm Emanuel, Chief of Staff to the President
Valerie Jarrett, Senior Advisor to the President
Honorable Ray LaHood, Secretary of Transportation

Originally Posted by tsquare (Post 604084)

I have seen PERP used on here to mean what seems to be two different things. At DAL-S, it was something that allowed pilots to essentially retire while remaining on the property in a contract status until DAl got their replacements trained. The actual result of that was that DAL figured out that they were getting cheap contract labor, and essentially the training of the replacements slowed to an American Airlines taxi pace. IF this is what ACL is talking about, THIS IS AN UNACCEPTABLE PROPOSAL, unless there are short timetables, and stiff heavy... and I mean HEAVY penalties for corporate non-compliance. Even at that, I think I would have a very hard time buying off on it, because the company can always blow us off and tell us to grieve it. I'm trying not to get spun up about it, but we need to talk to our reps...

Originally Posted by Silver2Gold (Post 604365)

So, in the spirit of dumb questions, what is the operating definition of a PERP here?? I get a feeling it means something quite different than the manner it is used in cop shows.

Originally Posted by sailingfun (Post 604115)

While it may be true that the company did not train at a emergency pace the training was certainly never a snails pace. In fact they were putting 60 767 crews a month through the pipeline. Like many other issues the perp program became emotional. The average time a retired pilot flew under contract was 6 weeks. Most got 1 to 2 months extra. The exception to this were check airman. You can't train without them. Some check airman got to stay as long as a year extra although most were under 6 months. This was out of Delta hands since the FAA POI for the 767 program would only qualify 2 new check airman a month.

Originally Posted by NuGuy (Post 604120)

Me too. It would only cost each DAL pilot $1 a month to be rid of me forever. I'm sure most would agree that is a bargain at twice the price....

Nu