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July 18, 2022

Delta Pilots Without New Contract Despite Airline Posting $1.4-billion Profit

It Isn’t Money That Trickles Downhill…

Delta Air Lines reported second quarter 2022 profits of $1.4-billion and stated that it’s poised to return to 2019 levels of record profitability. Delta management also posited that neither the difficulties confronting the airline industry, nor the overall gloomy, world economic forecast were likely to adversely affect the airline’s profitability. The optimistic sentiment belied the fact that Delta’s pilots—represented by the Airline Pilots Association International (ALPA)—are currently in negotiations for a new employment contract.

AD 2022-14-10 Revises The Applicability By Adding Airplanes And Retains The Requirements Of AD 2018-13-08

The FAA is superseding Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2018-13-08, which applied to certain Airbus SAS Model A318 series airplanes; Model A319-111, -112, -113, -114, -115, -131, 132, and -133 airplanes; Model A320-211, -212, -214, -216, -231, -232, and -233 airplanes; and Model A321-111, -112, -131, -211, -212, -213, -231, and -232 airplanes. AD 2018-13-08 required repetitive inspections for cracking of the radius of the front spar vertical stringers and the horizontal floor beam on frame (FR) 36, repetitive inspections for cracking of the fastener holes of the front spar vertical stringers on FR 36, and repair if necessary, and, for certain airp