Delta in trouble

(clipped off a blog 4/16/05)

Ponder this thought?

You have in ATL a new tax funded 5th runway with giant new FAA ATCT just
to see the fifth runway plus huge layers of additional FAA Air Traffic
staffing and kingdoms for "additional" airspace needs.

(and to promote and hide incompetent women and minorities and white male
dead wood in the FAA who play golf and suck up rather than RETIRE or
WORK for a living)

Delta hovering under $4 a share and they are on their business DEATH BED
gasping for life. The well known POLITICAL suck up airline made a huge
mistake sucking up to the ATLANTA "Guvment" Tit that has been cut off by
the Republicans.

This the airline in Atlanta who when their stock was $70
a share the main driver and political squeaky wheel for the NEED for a
5th runway

If Delta dies, the 5th runway will be a joke. It will be years if ever
in this high oil economy if the air traffic projections will rise to the
justification for the 5th runway in ATL with BILLIONS of tax expenses.
If oil goes to $100 a barell it may surpass the big dig in Boston as the
king albatross unneeded public works project in the Nation. (Reminder:
Sucking "Guvment" Tit)

When you read this article about ANOTHER hit in the shrinking wallet of
Delta you just laugh at the stupidity of the out of control Atlanta
airport just like their Mama Sow sister operation the city of Atlanta

King of SUCKING the "Guvment" Tit par excellence

What a joke

Think about this when you fill out that 1040 FORM
:-(


Court considers whether Delta can be sued as in-flight bar

Associated Press
Published on: 04/18/05

In Georgia, a bartender can be sued for serving alcohol to a noticeably
drunk customer. The state's Supreme Court is considering whether the
same rules apply to airlines — and if flight attendants must start
monitoring plastered passengers.

The court's decision in the lawsuit against Atlanta-based Delta Air
Lines could shape the airline industry.

What a legacy, the DRUNK airline that went broke :-P

"It's one thing to say to Hooters or Tom's bar that they have to watch
how much alcohol they serve. ... It's changing the nature of how
airlines do business to say that now they have to keep their eyes on
their customers," said Frank Vandall, a professor at the Emory School of
Law. "That hasn't been done. It is a brand new concept."

The case before Georgia's highest court stems from a traffic accident
involving a man who allegedly became intoxicated while on a Delta flight
from Milwaukee to Atlanta.

William Serio swerved across the center line of a road and struck
another vehicle head-on, seriously injuring the driver of that vehicle,
Jack Townsend, who is suing Delta for damages.

Serio had between six and eight glasses of red wine during his return
flight to Atlanta, according to Townsend's attorney, and did not drink
before or after the flight.

Townsend, 28, is now unable to care for himself and lives with his
parents, said his lawyer, Irwin Stolz. He suffered multiple orthopedic
injuries, including severely broken arms, legs and ribs, Stolz said. He
has limited short-term memory, cannot drive and walks with a limp.

"There are very limited things he can do," Stolz said.

A Fulton County Superior Court judge threw out Townsend's lawsuit,
saying that since the alcohol that Serio consumed was not served in
Georgia, the law doesn't apply. But the state appeals court reversed
that decision, allowing the case to move forward.

Delta appealed the ruling to the state Supreme Court and is not
commenting on the case, spokeswoman Benet Wilson said Friday.

"They're saying the law doesn't apply to us because we're up in the sky,
that whatever occurs on that airplane we're not responsible for it.
That's simply not true," Stolz said.

Stolz argues that a federal airline regulation already prohibits serving
alcohol to passengers who appear to be intoxicated. However, he said,
that regulation only allows passengers or airline employees to sue over
any problems, so he has been pursuing the matter in state court.

If Delta loses, the case will go to a jury. Stolz declined to say how
much Townsend is seeking in damages.

Because Delta is an airline, not a bar, its primary function is to
transport passengers, not entertain, Vandall said. On the other hand, he
said, the airline does serve a lot of alcohol each day to passengers.

"It serves as much as a major hotel chain," Vandall said. "There's every
reason to treat them as a bar and apply the same standards."