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Collective Bargaining
At December 31, 2004, we had a total of approximately 69,150 full-time equivalent employees. Approximately 18% of these employees are represented
by unions. The following table presents certain information concerning the union representation of our domestic employees.
Approximate Amendable Date of
Number of Collective
Employees Bargaining
Employee Group Represented Union Agreement
Delta Pilots 6,590 Air Line Pilots Association, International December 31, 2009
Delta Flight Superintendents 185 Professional Airline Flight Control Association January 1, 2010
ASA Pilots 1,515 Air Line Pilots Association, International September 15, 2002
ASA Flight Attendants 885 Association of Flight Attendants September 26, 2003
ASA Flight Dispatchers 50 Professional Airline Flight Control Association April 18, 2006
Comair Pilots 1,790 Air Line Pilots Association, International May 21, 2006(1)
Comair Maintenance Employees 485 International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers May 31, 2004
Comair Flight Attendants 1,040 International Brotherhood of Teamsters July 19, 2007
(1) Pursuant to an amendment to the existing agreement that is scheduled to become effective on June 22, 2005, the amendable date of the agreement will be
extended to May 21, 2007. The effectiveness of the amendment is subject to conditions, including Comair satisfying requirements to begin taking delivery
of additional aircraft by June 21, 2005.
ASA is in collective bargaining negotiations with the Air Line Pilots Association, International ("ALPA"), which represents ASA's pilots, and with the
Association of Flight Attendants ("AFA"), which represents ASA's flight attendants. The outcome of these collective bargaining negotiations cannot presently
be determined.
In March 2005, Comair's pilots ratified a tentative agreement that Comair had reached with ALPA, which represents Comair's pilots, to amend their
existing agreement. The agreement extends the amendable date of the existing agreement between Comair and ALPA from May 21, 2006 to May 21, 2007,
includes a freeze of current pay rates and modifies the existing agreement in certain other respects. The amendments to the existing agreement are conditioned
upon Comair's satisfying requirements to begin taking delivery of additional aircraft by June 21, 2005, and to place into service a specified number of aircraft
over a defined period of time.
Comair is also in collective bargaining negotiations with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents Comair's
maintenance employees. The maintenance employees rejected a tentative agreement to amend their existing agreement that became amendable in May 2004,
which Comair had reached with the union's negotiating committee, but Comair expects negotiations to continue. In addition, Comair is negotiating with the
International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents Comair's flight attendants, to modify their existing collective bargaining agreement, which becomes
amendable in July 2007. The outcome of these 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.
Environmental Matters
The Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 recognizes the rights of operators of airports with noise problems to implement local noise abatement
programs so long as such programs do not interfere unreasonably with interstate or foreign commerce or the national air transportation system. It generally
provides that local noise restrictions on Stage 3 aircraft first effective after October 1, 1990, require FAA approval. While we have
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