Earl
- 3500 of us at Delta (out of 10,000) retired early to get half of our pension out of the company's hands before they flushed the rest through the bankruptcy process. I would say that half that 3500 is still in the business - somewhere! 40 or so early retirees went to Cargo 360 which was founded by four former Delta guys. The cockpit atmosphere here is a class act, the aircraft are well maintained, and have common cockpits - very unusual for a third level cargo carrier. C360 will now become part of the "Southern Air culture" with different maintenance and scheduling practices, and many of the 40 will leave for other opportunities.
You are correct - we seem to be showing up everywhere around the world - From KE, EK, JAL, NetJets, etc. I hope we are making positive contributions to our industry everywhere we go.