ATLANTA—Delta Air Lines is asking pilots to take a 15 percent cut in minimum guaranteed pay for one year, saying that could help the airline avoid layoffs when federal payroll aid runs out in October.
An executive said in a memo to pilots Friday that Delta must shrink because of a steep drop caused by the coronavirus pandemic. John Laughter, Delta’s senior vice president of flight operations, said the airline’s approach “is to spread the work of a smaller airline among all our pilots to preserve all jobs.”
