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Five percent pay rise for Delta Air Lines ground staff and flight attendants

By Nithya Bose in US business news, posted February 8, 2023

Delta Air Lines employees will be paid five percent more for the second time in less than a year.

Last May, the airlines gave a 4 percent pay hike, the first bump up since the pandemic.

The rises come in on April 1 and will be applied to ground staff and flight attendants.

CEO Ed Bastian said: “Considering the depths of losses we suffered during the pandemic, including a $1 billion first quarter loss just last year, this is truly a remarkable achievement.

“I’m confident that in the months and years ahead, our high-performance culture will take us to new heights, and that payout pool will continue to grow.”

The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA began a unionization campaign of Delta’s cabin crew members in late 2019.

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Delta’s pilots won’t receive the pay raise.

However, voting has stared on a new contract proposal that includes 34 percent increases over four years.

If passed, the pilots would get 18 percent hikes on the date of signing.

The Atlanta-based company made $1.32 billion in profit last year, rebounding from a record loss of more than $12 billion in 2020 when the outbreak pandemic hit the airlines.

Delta plans to pay its employees more than $550 million in shared profits later this month.

Source: CNBC

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