Nearly two years later, a man has sued Delta and another passenger for negligence after being mauled by an emotional support dog on a flight to San Diego. Marlin Jackson claims he was sitting in a window seat on...
Delta Sends The Mailman To Hawaii
A retired Georgia mailman has been offered the dream trip of a lifetime thanks to his neighbors and Delta Air Lines. Jennifer Brett, a reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, caught wind that beloved postal carrier Floyd Martin was retiring...
Delta Throws IFE Shade At American Airlines
Delta took to Twitter to throw some “shade” at American Airlines this week over in-flight-entertainment. How important is IFE to your in-flight experience? While other airlines remove personal IFE onboard, Delta has added it. Over 600 mainline aircraft offer...
Delta CEO Fires Back At Senator Bernie Sanders
Delta CEO Ed Bastian swiftly and succinctly dismantled a poorly-researched tweet by U.S. Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (D – VT). I routinely cover airline CEO correspondence on Live and Let’s Fly and I do not think I have...
Delta Proud Not To Pay Corporate Taxes Despite Massive Profits
Delta earned over $5 billion in pre-tax profit in 2018 and did not pay a dime in federal income tax. And that’s exactly how the program is supposed to work according to Delta’s CEO. One last snippet from the...
Delta CEO Dismisses United CEO’s “Pissed Off” Passenger Assessment
Delta CEO Ed Basitan does not agree with United CEO Oscar Munoz’s assessment of how passengers feel by the time they step onto a plane. Last month, Munoz told ABC News that by the time passengers stepped onto any...
Delta Pressures Workers Not To Unionize
Delta Air Lines is facing heat for encouraging its workers to buy a video game system instead of paying union dues. Delta’s baggage handlers and other ground workers are considering whether to unionize. Delta does not want this. Hoping...
Time To Buy Delta Air Lines Stock?
With a big disclaimer that I am not a financial analyst and am not offering any sort of investment advice to you, I am contemplating adding some Delta stock to my portfolio. I’ve forayed into buying airline stock twice...
Delta Air Lines Caught In Political Turmoil…Again
Delta Air Lines has rescinded its sponsorship of an event to honor the Brazilian President. Jair Bolsonaro, the bombastic newly-elected President of Brazil, has been called the “Trump of the Tropics” and was elected by a wave of populist...
Southwest: Delta “Squatting” At Dallas Love Field
Tensions are rising over the use of one gate at Dallas Love Field. Southwest claims Delta is illegally “squatting” while Delta claims it must protect Dallas from Southwest. Dallas Love (DAL) has 20 gates. Technically, 18 belong to Southwest...
Even When Delta Wins, It Loses
Delta is doing so well in so many ways. Exciting new service to India is coming. So why does Delta continue to levy petty attacks against Gulf carriers? I just don’t get it. It has been a great run for...
Is Delta Hurting Us Or Helping Us By Cutting Recline?
Delta is reducing seat recline, even in first class, on all Airbus A320 jets. Is this a good or bad move? First reported by Scott Mayerowitz of The Points Guy, Delta will start dropping seat pitch today on all 62 of...
Is Delta Messing With JetBlue?
Delta, in partnership with Virgin Atlantic, announced plans to serve London Gatwick from New York and Boston. Is this really about pursuing two lucrative new routes or is it about discouraging JetBlue from the same routes? Like One Mile at a...
Warren Buffett’s Delta “Mistake”
Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Warren Buffett’s company, now owns more than 10% of Delta Air Lines. Buffett calls that an unintended mistake. Last month, independent of one another, Delta bought back more of its own stock. Meanwhile, Berkshire Hathway increased its...
Delta’s Smart Move Toward Free Wi-Fi
Delta CEO Ed Bastian is looking to make high-speed speed wi-fi internet free within two years. That’s a smart move. Speaking to Barron’s, Bastian stated: One initiative is rolling out high-speed Wi-Fi on its aircraft. A majority of Delta...
Man Finds Maggot in Delta First Class Meal, Delta Gives Him $50
What’s worse, finding a maggot in your first class salad on Delta or only being offered $50 for the inconvenience? Delta brought a whole new meaning to the word “organic” for one Washington, DC-based Delta flyer on a flight...
Book Delta Awards With Virgin Atlantic, Not Delta
It merits mentioning just what an incredible deal your Virgin Atlantic Flying Club miles are when redeeming on nonstop Delta flights, particularly in business class. We are in an odd era in which an airline charges significantly more miles...
Delta Pilot Leaves Handgun Sitting In Cockpit
I’m certainly prone to leaving mobile phones and passports behind on airplanes, but handguns? One Delta pilot went home but forgot the handgun, leaving it sitting in the cockpit for cleaning crews to find later. We don’t have the...
Fascinating New York Times Interview With Delta CEO Ed Bastian
David Gelles of the New York Times recently sat down Delta CEO Ed Bastian. The Q&A offers a fascinating look into Bastian’s history from childhood to present. We learn about Bastian’s childhood, his first summer jobs, his time as...
Delta Employees Laugh While American And United Employees Cry
Delta employees have reason to smile this week. $1.3BN in 2018 profit was distributed across the company’s 86,000 employees. For the average employee, that represented a $16,000 bounty! Delta’s profit sharing program has returned profits to employees for five...
