Delta Air Lines, on the verge of bankruptcy, has requested that its pilots take a second round of wage and benefit cuts in order to help save labor costs. Delta's request for cuts was disclosed in a message the pilots' union put on its phone line, addressed to its 6,500 members. It said negotiators for the airline and the union met yesterday at Delta's request. The message did not disclose the size of the cuts sought by Delta, which obtained $1 billion in wage and benefit concessions a year ago.
See "Delta Asks Pilots' Union for Second Round of Cuts in Wages and Benefits", Micheline Maynard, The New York Times, September 12, 2005