Delta Airlines 2003 Annual Report Download - page 16

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Amendable Date of
Approximate Number of Collective Bargaining
Employee Group Employees Represented Union Agreement
Delta Pilots 7,170 Air Line Pilots Association, International May 1, 2005
Delta Flight Superintendents 190 Professional Airline Flight Control Association December 31, 2004
ASA Pilots 1,450 Air Line Pilots Association, International September 15, 2002
ASA Flight Attendants 800 Association of Flight Attendants September 26, 2003
ASA Flight Dispatchers 50 Professional Airline Flight Control Association April 18, 2006
Comair Pilots 1,750 Air Line Pilots Association, International May 21, 2006
Comair Maintenance Employees 440 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers May 31, 2004
Comair Flight Attendants 980 International Brotherhood of Teamsters July 19, 2007
ASA is in collective bargaining negotiations with the Air Line Pilots Association, International ("ALPA"), which represents ASA's approximately 1,450
pilots and with the Association of Flight Attendants ("AFA"), which represents ASA's approximately 800 flight attendants. The outcome of these collective
bargaining negotiations cannot presently be determined.
Labor unions are engaged in organizing efforts to represent various groups of employees of us, ASA and Comair who are not represented for collective
bargaining purposes. The outcome of these organizing efforts cannot presently be determined.
Pilot Furloughs. The collective bargaining agreement with ALPA, the union representing Delta's pilots, generally provides that no pilot on the seniority list
as of July 1, 2001 will be furloughed unless the furlough is caused by a circumstance beyond our control, as defined in that agreement. In April 2002, an
arbitrator upheld our right to furlough up to 1,400 pilots on the basis that the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and the resulting reduction in passenger
traffic constituted a circumstance beyond our control as set out in the collective bargaining agreement. The arbitrator retained jurisdiction over this matter to
consider any issues that might arise regarding our plans to continue the furloughs, or our obligation to implement reasonable mechanisms for recalling
furloughed pilots, if the conditions existing as of September 11, 2001 were ameliorated to an extent that exceeded our original expectations. On February 13,
2003, the arbitrator issued a supplemental opinion, ruling (1) that furloughs will be capped at 1,060, the number of pilots currently furloughed; (2) that we will
not have to begin recalling any of the existing furloughed pilots until system traffic exceeds pre-September 11, 2001 levels; and (3) that the recall schedule
will be subject to our training capacity. While this ruling will result in the retention of some pilots in excess of our needs, we believe the ruling will not have a
material adverse effect on us.
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