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Tuesday, May 27, 2008

Delta hired more maintenance workers in 2007, report says

Delta hired more maintenance workers in 2007, report says
Delta Air Lines added maintenance workers in 2007, compared with 2006, and spent a smaller share of its maintenance expenditures on outsourced work, according to a new federal report. Atlanta-based Delta had 5,240 maintenance workers in 2007, up from 4,872 in 2006, according to the U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics. Delta spent 31.7 percent of its maintenance expenditures on outsourced work in 2007, down from 38.8 percent in 2006. Delta is working toward a proposed merger with Northwest, which outsourced 71 percent of its maintenance spending in 2007, according to the federal data. After Northwest mechanics went on strike in 2005, Northwest hired replacement workers and outside contractors.

 



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