Release #: DALMEC 2016-08
September 22, 2016

Delta Pilots Picket

Pilot Leadership Seeks Fair Contract Now

Delta pilots picket Delta Air Lines Headquarters to raise sense of urgency in negotiations.

ATLANTA—Hundreds of Delta Air Lines pilots, represented by the Air Line Pilots Association, Int’l (ALPA), conducted informational picketing at Delta Air Lines headquarters on Thursday, September 22, to call on Delta management to conclude negotiations now. Negotiations have been ongoing for more than 19 months; eight months of that time under the oversight of the National Mediation Board. All other employees, shareholders and investors have benefited from Delta’s success. Now it is the Delta pilots’ time.

Delta Air Lines continues to be highly profitable and successful by almost any measure. Delta’s employees are invested in the success of their airline; and pilots, in particular, invested 50-percent pay cuts during bankruptcy. Through it all, pilots have continued to provide professional and reliable service to Delta’s customers.

MEC Chairman John Malone wrote in a recent letter to the pilots, “. . . It is way past time for these negotiations to be concluded in a manner that reflects the contribution we add to Delta. Everyone else has been rewarded: other employees, shareholders and management.”

Under the oversight of the National Mediation Board, the negotiations have addressed many issues but a number of key items, among the most difficult, are yet to be successfully negotiated. The goal of the union remains to achieve negotiated contractual changes that recognize pilot sacrifices and contributions to Delta’s unprecedented success.

Captain Dave Riesselmann participates in the informational picket at Delta Air Lines Headquarters.

About ALPA

Founded in 1931, ALPA is the largest airline pilot union in the world and represents over 54,000 pilots at 31 U.S. and Canadian airlines. Visit the ALPA website and the Delta MEC website.

SOURCE: Air Line Pilots Association
CONTACT: DAL ALPA, Kelly Regus, 404-763-4925 office or kelly.regus@alpa.org

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