ATLANTA , May 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Delta Air Lines (NYSE: DAL) today issued the following statement from Mike Campbell , executive vice president of Human Resources and Labor Relations, urging the United States Senate to act quickly to confirm Linda Puchala's nomination to a position on the National Mediation Board (NMB).
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"Delta has made tremendous progress integrating our two airlines during the last six months, including common uniforms and employee badges, common branding of our airports and aircraft, integrated airport facilities, and resolving seniority integration and aligning work rules for a number of workgroups. We expect to mark a number of significant milestones in 2009. This includes cross training our employees on new aircraft types and further integrating our technology systems. We remain on track to achieve our Single Operating Certificate by year end.
"It is equally important to our employees to quickly resolve representation for those workgroups in which representation remains unresolved. To that end, we urge the Senate to confirm Linda Puchala as soon as possible.
"Ms. Puchala has years of valuable experience, including time with the NMB. She enjoys broad support among the airline industry and labor community. We look forward to her confirmation to become a member of the NMB."
Delta Air Lines is the world's largest airline. From its hubs in Atlanta , Cincinnati , Detroit , Memphis , Minneapolis-St. Paul , New York-JFK, Salt Lake City , Paris-Charles de Gaulle , Amsterdam and Tokyo - Narita , Delta, its Northwest subsidiary and Delta Connection carriers offer service to 370 destinations in 66 countries and serve more than 170 million passengers each year. Delta's marketing alliances allow customers to earn and redeem either SkyMiles or WorldPerks on more than 16,000 daily flights offered by SkyTeam and other partners. Delta's more than 70,000 employees worldwide are reshaping the aviation industry as the only U.S. airline to offer a full global network. Customers can check in for flights, print boarding passes, check bags and flight status at delta.com.
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