Delta to cut jobs

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by PCL_128

The $50 thing you saw was probably in reference to UAL. They're planning on raising fares up to $50. That big of an increase is only happening on select trans-con fares, I believe.

Anything over 1500 miles gets a $50 increase.

Guess whose little ski trips just got $100 more expensive?

I think I'll be upgrading to first a lot more often.

[DZERO]

Originally Posted by cre8flyer

Anyone know exactly what the buyout offer says? What exactly is the company offering to entice people to exit?

60 point retirement program: (For the senior "expensive" people to get off the payroll)


ELIGIBILITY:

Minimum 10 Years of Service AND Years of Service + Age = 60 or more.

SEVERANCE PAY:

Years of Svc:
< 20 you get 20 weeks pay
20 to < 25 you get 23 weeks pay
25 to < 30 you get 26 weeks pay
30 to < 35 you get 30 weeks pay
35 to < 40 you get 34 weeks pay
40+ you get 39 weeks pay.

TRAVEL:

Retiree Travel for lifetime for retiree and eligible family members.
S3B priority along with annual Buddy Passes and interline travel

MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE:

3 months company paid medical, dental and vision and access to retiree medical up to age 65

LIFE INSURANCE:

Retiree Life $10,000 death benefit.






EARLY OUT PROGRAM: (For the youngsters with 10 yrs of svc or more but are not old enough to retire)


ELIGIBILITY:

At least 10 Years of service for frontline and 1 year of service for merit.

SEVERANCE PAY:

2 weeks pay for every year of service with a minimum of two weeks and a max of 20 weeks.

TRAVEL:

For the number of completed years of service with employee and eligible family members you get:
S3B priority.
Pay yield fare.
No buddy passes.
No interline trvl.

MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE:

3 months company paid medical, dental and vision.

LIFE INSURANCE:

Not avail.

PENSION BENEFIT:

unaffected

VACATION:

Will be paid for unused and earned.


I would be all over this if I had the time...I missed it by 41 days!!!!This "storm" everyone has been saying that will pass is going on its 4th or 5th year already. Its getting old. If you take either of these packages your gone. They said in a briefing that when they need to hire more people to satisfy staffing in the future they are going to hire ready reserve status only. That essentially means a FIXED pay rate of $9.50 and hour and no insurance. The max a RR can work would be 18 hrs per week. Its a good gig if your in college and want to travel, but for all those people who moan about customer service......get ready. Alot of the people who have had a vested interest in the company will be out and replaced by people who could give a crap about you, your late flight or your lost bag. Its truly a sad state of affairs.

[LoadMasterC141]

Yeah that sounds pretty stupid to me as well actually. Cutting out all your experience means you will need an exponential amount more of the incompetent uncaring boobs to fill their spot.

[surreal1221]

Originally Posted by Screaming_Emu

Renting a room in a house down there. Somebody in my class's dad flies for delta and uses it as a crashpad. Its a pretty damn good deal so I'm pretty happy. That being said I'm riding this hotel for as long as possible. They say 90 days but its relaly till you're done IOE.

Excellent man. Take what you can get, make some connections for the future.

I think a couple of us will eventually get together again for some drinks, it's just a matter of time.

[H46Bubba]

Originally Posted by Kristie

yes sir!

Well as posted by DZERO, it looks as if it's the same deal as Delta's giving for those with less than 10 years service.

EARLY OUT PROGRAM: (For the youngsters with 10 yrs of svc or more but are not old enough to retire)

ELIGIBILITY:
At least 10 Years of service for frontline and 1 year of service for merit.

SEVERANCE PAY:
2 weeks pay for every year of service with a minimum of two weeks and a max of 20 weeks.

TRAVEL:
For the number of completed years of service with employee and eligible family members you get:
S3B priority.
Pay yield fare.
No buddy passes.
No interline trvl.

MEDICAL, DENTAL AND VISION INSURANCE:
3 months company paid medical, dental and vision.

LIFE INSURANCE:
Not avail.

PENSION BENEFIT:
unaffected

VACATION:
Will be paid for unused and earned.

The only difference was that Comair offered an additional two weeks pay for those who took the package, weeks of severance was capped at 10 weeks no matter if you had been employed for 15 yrs, and the timeline to accept the package. So I guess Comair's package is monetarily better! It sucked because they came out with the memo on Thursday and the managers didn't have the paperwork till after 1700 and the deadline was on Monday Morning at 0900. Wow alot of time to discuss a life altering deal! Some people didn't even get the paperwork till Friday afternoon. (At least DL gives everyone over two months to make up their minds and even set a offer a specific day to leave the company.) If you didn't take the package and were one of those who got axed, you didn't get didly! Those that were axed were notified on Tuesday. Those that were in a operational sensitive positions, as soon as they were notified, they were asked for their SIDA and employee badges and escorted to the door. They did get 30 days of pay and normal travel bennies. Those in other positions continued to work till their 30 days was up. Oh and just as a warning to those DL guys on here; If you take the package, you can't file for unemployment bennefits, due to you voluntarily leaving the company. Of course HR won't tell you that because they want you to take the package.

[tonyw]

Originally Posted by LoadMasterC141

Yeah that sounds pretty stupid to me as well actually. Cutting out all your experience means you will need an exponential amount more of the incompetent uncaring boobs to fill their spot.

That's what companies usually do. They want to get rid of the more expensive employees with all the institutional knowledge in favor of people who are less experienced and cheaper.

Then they wonder, hey, how come nobody here knows how to do such and such and why are our customers so pissed off?

Bribing people to leave who have both the institutional knowledge and the dedication to stay in a place for 10, 20, 30 years is just plain dumb if you ask me.

[kellwolf]

Sounds sorta like the buy-out SWA offered a few years ago. For every 2 years of service you had, you got a year's worth of travel benefits. You got $1000 for every year of service, or you could reduce the $$$ amount in exchange for health benes. Only difference is it was for people that had been there for 2 years or more, not 10.