Trump quer despedir responsável de estatísticas laborais dos EUA após fortes revisões em baixa

[Jiboia Cega]

Já é oficial, depois do Departamento de Justiça dos EUA ter finalmente dado o seu aval para a fusão entre a Northwest e a Delta.

Só é pena a Northwest desaparecer

Se fosse noutros tempos já tinhamos uma situação técnica interessante de seguir...



Delta and Northwest Merge, Creating Premier Global Airline


ATLANTA, Oct. 29, 2008 – Delta Air Lines, Inc. (NYSE: DAL) and Northwest Airlines, Inc. today merged, creating a premier global airline with service to nearly all of the world’s major travel markets.
The new airline, called Delta and headquartered in Atlanta, will begin its first day as a combined company with a commitment to delivering excellent service to customers in 66 countries and more than 375 worldwide cities – more than any other airline; with a dedicated base of approximately 75,000 worldwide employees; and with a best-in-class cost structure and strong liquidity balance that better positions the company to adapt to the weakening global economy.
“The airline industry faces a very difficult economic environment around the world and this merger gives Delta increased flexibility to adapt to the economic challenges ahead,” said Delta CEO Richard Anderson. “With much of the work to bring our airlines together well under way, the new Delta will be at the front of the pack in achieving the benefits of consolidation and is well positioned to navigate the tough waters ahead in a difficult economy.”
With the completion of the merger, Northwest Airlines is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta. Customers should continue to check-in and do business directly with the airline operating their flight just as they did before the merger. Delta will continue operation of the airlines’ separate Web sites, www.delta.com and www.nwa.com, as well as the two airlines’ reservations systems and loyalty programs.

[Jiboia Cega]

Outra coisa, a Delta está em conversações para se fundir com a Northwest e como está muito gorda para se casar com a Northwest, tem que emagrecer e passar a estar mais elegante...

A justificação do petróleo é apenas uma cosmética.

Abraço
Jibóia

[nunofaustino]

Já teve na 1ª página do yahoo.com mas saiu entretanto

Abr
Nuno

[acintra]

Já encontrei mas continuo a achar estranho não estar nas primeiras páginas. Estamos a falar de 30.000 trabalhadores.

The airline offers severance payouts to more than half of its workers, will cut 5% of capacity as part of its plan for rising fuel prices.

Last Updated: March 18, 2008: 12:28 PM EDT


ATLANTA (AP) -- 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 agree to take the voluntary severance, it will be allowed. The severance program primarily affects mainline Delta employees. It will not affect Delta pilots, who have a union contract with the company, and employees at Delta regional carrier Comair, which is based in Erlanger, Ky.

Delta had 55,044 total full-time employees as of the end of last year.

Oil prices recently cracked $111 a barrel, nearly twice what prices were a year ago.

The memo from Chief Executive Richard Anderson and President Ed Bastian did not mention Delta's talks with Northwest Airlines Corp. about a combination that would create the world's largest airline. Bastian was updating investors Tuesday at a conference in New York.

On Monday, Delta's pilots union said it had told company executives it can't agree on seniority issues with its counterpart at Northwest, raising serious doubts about the prospect of a combination of the two companies.

The disclosure was made in a letter from the head of the pilots union at Delta, Lee Moak, to rank-and-file Delta pilots.

The letter does not mention Northwest, but describes the union that Delta's pilots had been negotiating with as the only one they were focused on talking with. Multiple officials close to the talks have said in recent months that the other company was Northwest (NWA, Fortune 500).

The letter talks about the discussions with the other carrier in the past tense, suggesting at least for now there won't be further talks.

The two carriers don't need a pilot seniority integration deal in advance to move forward with a combination, but Delta Air Lines Inc. (DAL, Fortune 500) executives have said they would not move forward with any combination unless the seniority of their employees was protected.

A Delta-Northwest combination deal could proceed without a pilot seniority agreement, but that would be up to the boards of the two companies.

At least one airline analyst, Calyon Securities' Ray Neidl, sounded doubtful that will happen, at least in the near term.

First Published: March 18, 2008: 10:57 AM EDT

[nunofaustino]

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[acintra]

Ouvi na TSF às 15:00H que a Delta Airlines ia despedir 30.000 trabalhadores devido aos preços do petróleo e reorganização da empresa.
Não consigo encontrar a noticía em lado nenhum. Será erro da TSF, visto que nem na web-page apareçe ou estão a evitar dar a noticía para não contaminar ainda mais o péssimismo.