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Category Archives: Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines

Delta Air Lines: No Flight Attendant Furloughs

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 5, 2020September 5, 2020 11 Comments
Delta Avoids Flight Attendant Furloughs

It’s a particularly happy Labor Day weekend at Delta Air Lines, as flight attendants were thanked for their sacrifice and told that no furloughs were planned for 2020. How was Delta able to avoid flight attendant furloughs while others...

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Delta Upgrades Black Woman Harassed By Her White Seatmate

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 4, 2020November 14, 2023 20 Comments
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It’s one thing to express a viewpoint. It’s quite another thing to harass a seatmate with unwanted conversation, especially on extremely sensitive topics in a confined space. I applaud Delta and other passengers onboard for stepping in to diffuse...

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Delta’s New Upgrade Policy Appears To Encourage Shenanigans

Matthew Klint Posted onSeptember 2, 2020November 14, 2023 19 Comments
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Delta’s making it easier to upgrade companions, but favoring SkyMiles members with no status over Medallion Gold, Silver, and Platinum members. How does that make any sense? Delta’s Odd New Companion Upgrade Policy The issue is companions traveling on...

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Delta Matches, American Exceeds United’s Elimination Of Change Fees

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 31, 2020November 14, 2023 7 Comments
a woman wearing a mask handing money to a customer

As expected, both American Airlines and Delta Air Lines have matched United’s decision to indefinitely eliminate change fees. American Airlines has even gone a step further. American Airlines Eliminates Change Fees, Adds Basic Economy Benefits Effective immediately, American Airlines...

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Delta Did Not Ban Navy SEAL Due To A Tweet…

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 24, 2020August 24, 2020 120 Comments
Delta Mask Ban Policy

The idea that Delta banned former Navy SEAL Robert O’Neill due to one tweet is suspect at best. Delta may be strict, but doesn’t invoke a “one strike and you are out” policy. The Real Reason Delta Banned Controversial...

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Navy SEAL Banned For Not Wearing A Mask Wants A Meeting With Delta CEO

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 22, 2020August 23, 2020 119 Comments
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Robert O’Neill, the former Navy SEAL who was banned from Delta yesterday for failing to wear a mask onboard, claims this is all a misunderstanding, he is being persecuted by the New York Times, and wants a meeting with...

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Delta, Masks, And The Man Who Killed Osama Bin Laden

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 20, 2020November 14, 2023 56 Comments
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Robert J. O’Neill’s claim to fame is that he killed Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan while a US Navy SEAL in 2011. He has turned that feat into a lucrative career as an author and public speaker. But O’Neill...

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Delta CEO Warns Of Catastrophic Job Losses Without Another Bailout

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 12, 2020August 12, 2020 31 Comments
Delta Catastrophic Job Losses

Rich Uncle Pennybags Bastian has warned of “furloughs in the tens of thousands” without more help from the federal government for the U.S. airline industry. Joining the Kirby Khorus, Bastian is firmly behind another taxpayer-funded bailout for Delta and...

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Delta Will Perform Temperature Checks At LAX

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 11, 2020November 14, 2023 5 Comments
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Delta Air Lines has begun checking passenger temperatures at Los Angeles International Airport in a trial that may roll out systemwide if successful. Delta Adds Temperature Checks At LAX Stating today, Delta will begin a three-week trial program in...

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Delta’s Seat Blocking Policy Has A Crack In It…

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 27, 2020July 27, 2020 12 Comments
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One thing Delta does particularly well is recognizing market trends and capitalizing on them. Its policy of blocking middle seats may be marketed under the guise of safety, but it’s really about winning business on both a short- and...

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No Mask, No Flight…Delta Requires Doctor’s Waiver To Avoid Face Coverings

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 18, 2020July 18, 2020 25 Comments
Delta Mask Exemption

If you thought the old “I’ve got a medical condition” excuse would work, Delta has news for you: you’ll at least need to forge a doctor’s note or sound convincing. Yes, I’m being facetious, but on a serious note,...

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Mayor Sues Delta Air Lines…Over Dog Bite

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020 14 Comments
Mayor Sues Delta

The mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut is suing Delta Air Lines after suffering a nasty bite on a flight. Mayor Sues Delta Air Lines For Dog Bite Mayor Joe Ganim was on a Delta flight 1841 in November 2018 when...

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Delta CEO Indirectly Hints At Second Airline Bailout

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 11, 2020November 14, 2023 13 Comments
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Reading between the lines of a recent interview, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian is laying the groundwork for a second bailout to protect airline employees. Delta CEO Ties Government Funding To Job Preservation, Hints At Second Bailout Speaking...

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Mexican President Flies Delta Economy Class To Trump Meeting

Matthew Klint Posted onJuly 8, 2020November 14, 2023 14 Comments
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump today. With nonstop flights cancelled and López Obrador refusing to fly on a private jet, he flew Delta instead…in economy class. Why Would The Mexican President...

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Review: Delta Private Jets Citation X Los Angeles To Scottsdale, AZ

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 22, 2020November 14, 2023 12 Comments
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Delta Private Jets, now partnering with Wheels Up, provides membership and on-demand private jet travel. With a fleet of over 70 jets, a wide variety of seating options are available. I had the chance to fly a Citation X...

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How A Woman Snuck Onboard Delta Flight With No ID Or Boarding Pass

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 16, 2020November 14, 2023 4 Comments
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It apparently doesn’t take much these days to slip past both TSA agents and airline employees onto an airplane. The story of one Delta stowaway in Orlando is a reminder that our many layers of security may still fall...

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U.S. And China Reach 妥协 On Air Service…Delta Will Resume Flights Next Week

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 16, 2020November 14, 2023 4 Comments
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The United States and China reached a compromise (妥协) on air service, with each nation now permitted to operate four flights per week between the world’s two largest economies. But is the new US – China flight compromise just...

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Was Feisty Delta Flight Attendant Forced Out For Conservative Tweets?

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 12, 2020November 14, 2023 47 Comments
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A feisty, conservative, union-busting, award-winning Delta flight attendant has left the company after mounting outrage over a series of incendiary tweets. Kevin Lee Jennings, who also goes by Lee Gross, was a long-time Delta flight attendant. Well-known from within, she...

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Delta’s Bid To Become The Premium U.S. Airline

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 6, 2020November 14, 2023 29 Comments
Delta Premium Airline

Delta’s decision to continue to block seats while other airlines squeeze passengers in represents an interesting new dynamic within the U.S. market. Will Delta become America’s new premium airline? Some may argue Delta already is the nation’s premium airline....

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What Delta And United Are Saying About Death Of George Floyd

Matthew Klint Posted onJune 2, 2020November 14, 2023 14 Comments
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United Airlines and Delta Air Lines are talking about the death of George Floyd without mentioning him by name. Both carriers, one more publicly than the other, are stressing general principles of equality rather than addressing the incident directly....

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