Add It Up - Hitting turbulence
Amount Congress gave Delta Air Lines immediately following 9/11.............................................. $528 million
Total amount Congress gave five airlines at the time........................................................$1.5 billion
Number of airlines, including Delta, to file for bankruptcy protections since 9/11................................. 4
Number of months between Delta’s bankruptcy filing and new laws taking effect that make it harder for companies to cancel their debts.................................... 1
Amount Delta says it loses each time the price of jet fuel rises by 1 cent........................................ $25 million
Number of cents jet fuel has risen this year............... 53
Base salary of a Delta flight attendant............ $17,700
Salary, bonuses and other compensation of former Delta CEO Leo Mullin in 2002................. $12.2 million
Number of Delta employees to be laid off in a plan devised by Mullin in 2002....................................... 8,000
Amount of Mullin’s pension after eight months on the job...................................................... $4.5 million
Number of Delta retirees waiting to see how the bankruptcy filing will impact their pensions..... 28,191
Number of Delta employees laid off since 2000..........................................................24,000
Sources: Air Transportation Association, Associated Press, Delta, New York Times, Securities and Exchange Commission, U.S. House Committee on Education in the Workforce, www.paywatch.org, www.cabincrewjobs.com