Delta Air Lines has raised wages for its non-union employees for the third time since 2022, this year proactively awarding employees with a 5% raise across pay scales just months after a generous profit-sharing payout. Employees At Delta Air...
Man Who Tried To Stowaway On Delta Flight Charged With National Security Crimes
A man has been charged with federal “national security crimes” by the Department of Justice for his conduct of surreptitiously trying to board a Delta Air flight in Salt Lake City without a valid ticket. Man Charged With National...
Cool: Solar Eclipse Flights On Delta And United
I missed the solar eclipse this week…I was on the other side of the world…but hopefully when the next one rolls around in 2044 (I’ll be a very old man by then…) I will be in the right place...
Delta Air Lines’ New Boarding System: Lipstick On A Pig
Delta Air Lines is changing the way it boards flights…kind of. The minor tinkering to the boarding process is mostly lipstick on a pig but sparks a debate that will certainly divide flyers. New New Boarding System On Delta...
Woman Removed From Delta Air Lines Flight For Not Wearing A Bra Now Demands Meeting With CEO Ed Bastian
I’ve updated this story with information concerning Ms. Archbold’s legal representation and her demands to meet with Delta CEO Ed Bastian. A woman who claimed she was (temporarily) removed from a Delta Air Lines flight for dressing like a...
She Thought She Would Be Safer Avoiding Boeing, Then A Panel Fell Off Her Delta Airbus A330neo…
Boeing may be facing its own accountability crisis, but aircraft maintenance issues are not limited to Boeing or United Airlines…as one Delta Air Lines passenger found who was initially elated to fly on an Airbus…until a panel fell off....
Delta Lounge Agent Reprimands Passenger For Taking Banana, Prompting Mass Revolt
After telling a passenger that she could not take a banana with her, a Delta lounge agent technically just doing her job has prompted a rather humorous mass revolt. Reprimanded For Taking Banana From Delta Lounge. Fair? As noted...
How A Desperate Southwest Airlines Passenger Snuck Unto A Delta Air Lines Flight And Almost Got Away With It
Without condoning his behavior, I must admit I am somewhat amused and even impressed by the lengths a young man went to in order to sneak onto a Delta flight. I’m also not surprised he eventually got caught, though,...
Delta Air Lines Pilot Jailed In Scotland
A Delta Air Lines pilot has been jailed in Scotland after showing up to operate a flight to New York with a blood alcohol concentration at twice the legal limit for pilots. Delta Air Lines Pilot Jailed In Scotland...
10 Hours In Delta A330-900neo Business Class
To kick off my trip to Romania and Bulgaria, I flew from Los Angeles to London on a Delta Air Lines A330-900neo, a 10-hour flight, in business class. This post will offer my impressions of that flight. Delta A330-900neo...
Delta Flight Attendants Catch Clueless Passenger Smoking
I guess the “no smoking” signs and Deltalina are not enough, because a clueless passenger was caught smoking in the lavatory on a recent Delta Air Lines flight, prompting the captain to return to the gate. Man Appears Dazed...
Delta Air Lines Will Resume New York – Tel Aviv Service In June
Delta Air Lines will resume daily service to Tel Aviv on June 7, 2024 after an “extensive security risk assessment.” Official: New York – Tel Aviv Service On Delta Air Lines Resumes On June 7, 2024 In October 2024,...
Senator Calls Delta Pilot A Stewardess. She Was Not Amused.
During a Minnesota State Senate hearing this week, a Senator called a Delta Air Lines pilot a “stewardess.” She was not amused… Delta Pilot Called Stewardess: Innocent Mistake? During a Senator Labor Committee hearing on sick time his week,...
Delta Air Lines Captain Charters A330-900neo For Retirement Flight: An Exclusive Look Onboard The Posh Aircraft
A water cannon salute is one thing, but a Delta Air Lines captain went out with a special farewell after chartering an Airbus A330-900neo for his retirement flight…the very aircraft I happened to have flown myself just a few...
Delta Air Lines Captain Lays Down The Law
I wonder if we would see far less in-flight incidents if more pilots laid down the law like the Delta Air Lines captain in the video below. Delta Air Lines Captain Lays Down The Law Rooted Around Respect And...
Delta Air Lines Launching Subsidized Route From Los Angeles – Brisbane
Delta Air Lines will launch seasonal service from Los Angeles to Brisbane in a bid to push United Airlines out of the market and take advantage of generous subsidies from the Queensland, Australia government. Delta Air Lines Announces Los...
Delta Air Lines Adds Longest Domestic Flight To Network
Delta Air Lines will launch its longest domestic flight yet starting this autumn, a journey from the East Coast to Hawaii covering 5,095 miles. Delta Air Lines Adds Longest Domestic Flight To Network Delta already flies from New York...
Delta A330 Forced To Divert After Maggots Drop From Overhead Bin
A Delta Air Lines flight was forced to return to Amsterdam after maggots began dropping from an overhead bin. Blame for this lies squarely on a pea-brained passenger who failed to properly pack his fish before the long flight...
Delta Employees Receive $1.4 Billion In Profit Sharing While Union Organizers Cry Foul
Delta Air Lines is once again offering sizable bonuses to its employees in the form of $1.4 billion in profit sharing from 2023. But union organizers, desperate for more Delta workers to unionize, insist this is not good enough....
Delta Air Lines, Aeromexico Punished For Protectionism Of Mexican Government
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has declined to extend the antitrust immunity granted to Delta Air Lines and Aeromexico for their transborder operations between the USA and Mexico. At the root of this is concerns that the Mexican...
