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Unvaccinated Delta Workers
to Pay $200 Monthly Charge

Aug 25, 2021 10:09 AM CDT

Unvaccinated Delta Workers to Pay $200 Monthly Charge

That's a health insurance surcharge

(Newser) - Delta employees don't have to be vaccinated like United employees do , but those who aren't will have to jump through some hoops. Specifically:

The company on Wednesday announced that as of today, unvaccinated employees will have to be masked in Delta's offices.
As of Sept. 12, unvaccinated

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Delta Pilot Finds Eerie Time Capsule in Cockpit

Eerie, Apocalyptic Note
Found in Delta Cockpit

Jun 13, 2021 2:24 PM CDT

Eerie, Apocalyptic Note Found in Delta Cockpit

The last pilot off the plane in March 2020 left a message for the next people in the cockpit

(Newser) - When the coronavirus first surged and lockdowns were expected to be brief, a Delta Airlines pilot left a note for the next person to take his seat. That cockpit note became a time capsule undisturbed for 435 days. When Chris Dennis first wrote it—and posted it on Facebook —...

Delta Passenger Allegedly Made Terroristic Threats

Passengers Take Down Man
Who Threatened Delta Flight

Jun 12, 2021 11:44 AM CDT

Passengers Take Down Man Who Threatened Delta Flight

An off-duty pilot helped subdue a passenger who appeared to be having a mental health crisis

(Newser) - A planeload of people bound for Atlanta from Los Angeles had to take an unexpected detour to Oklahoma City, in the latest in a wave of in-flight violent incidents . A man on Delta Flight 1730 freaked out, made terroristic threats, and attacked a couple of flight attendants, the Atlanta ...

Plane Drops Off Passenger
Screaming 'Stop the Plane'

Jun 5, 2021 10:30 AM CDT

Plane Drops Off Passenger Screaming 'Stop the Plane'

A Delta flight from LA to Nashville had to make an emergency landing in Alburquerque

(Newser) - A Delta flight from Los Angeles to Nashville had to divert to Albuquerque, New Mexico, when a passenger rushed the cockpit. Other passengers and a flight attendant wrestled the passenger to the ground. In video posted to social media, the quick-thinking flight attendant can be heard saying, “that’s...

Yet Another Airline
Pulls Back on the Booze

Jun 3, 2021 7:51 AM CDT

Yet Another Airline Pulls Back on the Booze

United joins Southwest, American in limiting or suspending alcohol service over unruly passengers

(Newser) - A third airline has hopped on the "curtail alcohol" bandwagon after a slew of increasingly aggressive in-flight incidents, many related to unruly passengers balking at having to wear face masks. Airlines in general had suspended serving alcohol during the pandemic to limit passenger-flight attendant interaction and prevent spreading the...

Delta Asks HQ Employees to Volunteer in Airport Lounges

Delta to Employees: Please
Work in Lounges for Free

Delta to Employees: Please Work in Lounges for Free

Company is short on workers at Atlanta airport

(Newser) - With air travel picking up again, Delta Air Lines is short on workers for its loyalty lounges—and it is asking employees to help out for free. "Just come to the ATL airport for a few hours to help with cleaning, wiping tables, running food, restocking food buffets, etc,...

Woman Takes Off From Utah, Has New Baby by Hawaii Landing

Plane Lands in Hawaii
With One More Passenger
Than When It Departed

May 3, 2021 8:05 AM CDT

Plane Lands in Hawaii With One More Passenger Than When It Departed

Doctor, 3 neonatal ICU nurses help deliver baby on Delta flight

(Newser) - Many doctors have had to come to the rescue during a flight to help a sick or hurt passenger, but Dr. Dale Glenn's in-air episode last week was unlike most. "I've experienced this before, and usually they're pretty clear asking if there is a doctor on...

Georgia Faces Growing
Backlash Over Voter Law

Apr 1, 2021 12:15 PM CDT

Georgia Faces Growing Backlash Over Voter Law

Coke, Delta, Microsoft all speak out against it

(Newser) - The leaders of Coca Cola and Delta Air Lines, two of Georgia's largest corporations, are speaking out about the state's new voting law , along with the president of Microsoft, which has plans to create a hub in Atlanta. In a Wednesday memo to employees, Delta CEO Ed Bastian...

Keeping That Middle Seat
Empty? Delta to Kill Policy

Mar 31, 2021 10:35 AM CDT

Keeping That Middle Seat Empty? Delta to Kill Policy

It's the last US airline to do so

(Newser) - Delta Air Lines, the last US airline still blocking middle seats, will end that policy in May as air travel recovers and more people become vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision announced Wednesday reversed a policy that had been in place since last April, and which Delta's CEO had repeatedly...

Delta Jet Slides Off
Snowy Runway

Feb 11, 2021 12:07 AM CST

Delta Jet Slides Off Snowy Runway

No injuries reported in Pittsburgh incident

(Newser) - Firefighters had to help 77 passengers and crew members off a Delta Air Lines plane after it came off the runway amid snowy conditions in Pittsburgh on Wednesday evening. WPXI reports that it took several hours to get everybody off the Atlanta-bound Boeing 717 because it was slanted toward the...

Storms, Staffing Cancel Flights

Dec 24, 2020 5:11 PM CST

Storms, Staffing Cancel Flights

With fewer pilots, Delta struggles with logistics

(Newser) - Logistical complications brought on by the pandemic, piled on top of a snowstorm, led Delta Air Lines to cancel hundereds of flights for Wednesday and Thursday. Anticipating the snowfall at its Minneapolis hub, the airline scrapped 250 flights early, the Washington Post reports. Staffing problems brought the cancellation of another...

Passenger Who Slid Out
of Moving Plane Explains

Dec 24, 2020 12:14 AM CST

Passenger Who Slid Out of Moving Plane Explains

'I have panic attacks,' says man on Delta flight

(Newser) - The passenger who allegedly slid out of a moving Delta Air Lines plane via the emergency exit slide explained his side of the story at an arraignment hearing Tuesday. Antonio Murdock, 31, said he was afraid he would lose control if he didn't get off the Atlanta-bound flight Monday,...

A 'Freak Out,' Then
2 Passengers Slide
Out of Taxiing Plane

Dec 22, 2020 1:56 AM CST

A 'Freak Out,' Then 2 Passengers Slide Out of Taxiing Plane

Oh, and their dog was with them, too

(Newser) - A passenger apparently suffering from PTSD symptoms forced his way out of a moving plane Monday, along with a female companion and a service dog. Passengers onboard Delta Air Lines flight 462, which was taxiing at New York's La Guardia airport preparing to depart for Atlanta, say the group...

Black Woman Harassed by
Seatmate: Delta Did Me Right

Sep 4, 2020 7:50 AM CDT

Black Woman Harassed by Seatmate: Delta Did Me Right

Demetria Poe says airline took care of her after white seatmate got confrontational

(Newser) - A young Black kindergarten teacher from Minnesota has a new favorite airline after the way it handled an unpleasant incident with a fellow passenger. Per USA Today , 25-year-old Demetria Poe took a Delta Air Lines flight last month from Minneapolis to Washington, DC, to attend the Commitment March for racial...

Delta Won't Fly 240
Who Broke Mask Rule

Aug 27, 2020 5:00 PM CDT

Delta Won't Fly 240 Who Broke Mask Rule

Policy applies to employees as well

(Newser) - There's more evidence that Delta is serious about making sure everyone on its flights is wearing a face mask. The airline recently told a former Navy SEAL who claims to have killed Osama bin Laden that he's no longer welcome after he took his mask off on a...

Delta Bans Former SEAL
Who Said He Killed bin Laden

Aug 21, 2020 5:00 PM CDT

Delta Bans Former SEAL Who Said He Killed bin Laden

Robert O'Neill took his face mask off during a flight

(Newser) - A former Navy SEAL who has said he killed Osama bin Laden has been banned by Delta Air Lines after removing his face mask during a flight. Robert O'Neill tweeted about his ban on Thursday, and the airline confirmed the action, the AP reports. "Part of every customer'...

Delta Wants Proof
for Mask Exemptions

Jul 20, 2020 8:03 AM CDT

Delta Wants Proof for Mask Exemptions

Passengers will have screening at the airport

(Newser) - Delta passengers who say they can't wear a mask because of health issues will have to prove it before boarding a plane. The airline will require passengers claiming a health exemption to undergo a virtual screening at the airport with STAT-MD, the airline's partner for medical emergencies, reports...

Here's What the Coronavirus
Has Done to Delta

Apr 22, 2020 12:20 PM CDT

Here's What the Coronavirus Has Done to Delta

Company sees its first quarterly loss since 2014

(Newser) - After reporting quarterly profits for more than five years and annual profits for more than a decade, Delta Air Lines' balance sheet has nosedived into the red. The company has reported a $534 million loss for the first quarter of 2020. That's Delta's first loss since the final...

Airlines Trace Movements
of Couple With Coronavirus

Feb 17, 2020 5:30 PM CST

Airlines Trace Movements of Couple With Coronavirus

Husband and wife have been hospitalized back home after trip to Hawaii

(Newser) - Two airlines and health officials are trying to piece together the movements of a couple from Japan who came down with the coronavirus after a trip to Hawaii. The couple, who are in their 60s, arrived in Hawaii on Jan. 28, USA Today reports. The husband and wife flew Hawaiian...

Elizabeth Smart
Says She Was
Assaulted Again
and Is 'Sick of It'

Feb 7, 2020 12:37 AM CST

Elizabeth Smart Says She Was Assaulted Again and Is 'Sick of It'

Former captive reports sexual abuse took place during a flight

(Newser) - Utah kidnapping and rape survivor Elizabeth Smart said Thursday that she was sexually assaulted on an airplane last year while she was sleeping. Smart, now a 32-year-old mother of three, referenced her kidnapping from her Salt Lake City home in 2002 in describing her reaction to the attack to CBS ...