From
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...2003Jan28.html :-
Flight attendants will not have to sing harmonies, but they will be regarded differently by management. Just as Walt Disney Co. calls its employees cast members, Song will refer to its workers as the talent. The talent in the cabins will dress in slightly more relaxed uniforms than those found inside Delta jets, but will be paid the same as their co-workers at the main operation. All Song employees will work under the same pay and union conditions as their counterparts at Delta.
And from
http://www.accessatlanta.com/ajc/bus...2textbook.html :-
Delta said more than 2,000 employees have applied for about 800 non-pilot jobs at Song, even though they will typically have to work about 12 percent more hours to make the same pay as their Delta jobs.
"We're actually having people audition for these roles," said Selvaggio. "We're calling them 'talent,' by the way."
And from
http://www.forbes.com/2003/01/29/cx_ld_0129delta.html :-
Like every other airline, labor is the biggest expense for JetBlue, but its pilots and machinists do not belong to a national union. For 2002, labor costs represented more than 40% of sales at Delta, compared with about 25% of sales through the first nine months of the year at JetBlue. Delta will not pay lower salaries to pilots of its new subsidiary, leading some to wonder whether Song can really be competitive on costs.
"They're going to use senior Delta pilots because they don't want to alienate their unions," says Ray Neidl of Blaylock and Partners.
"We are a subsidiary of Delta, and we will respect our contract with Delta pilots," says Geagan. "They're the best in the industry."