Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it will offer voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees - more than half its work force - and cut domestic capacity by an extra 5 percent this year as part of an overhaul of its business plan to deal with soaring fuel prices. Executives at Atlanta-based Delta said in a memo to employees that the airline's goal is to cut 2,000 frontline, administrative and management jobs through the voluntary program, attrition and other initiatives. A spokeswoman says that if more than that amount agrees to take the voluntary severance, it will be allowed. The severance program primarily affects mainline Delta employees.
See "Delta offers to buy out 30,000 workers", CNN Money, March 17, 2008