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July 19, 2006

Jerry Grinstein and Northwest CEO Doug Steenland were on Capitol Hill today, once again adding their voices to the chorus of employees and retirees from both airlines urging passage of pension reform – with the Senate’s airline provision – before Congress adjourns for its August recess.

Grinstein and Steenland met with key legislators and the media to reiterate that the airlines are in a race against time. Both airlines are at a point in their restructuring where continuing their plans (for the ground and flight attendant employee at Delta), without the needed reform, threatens the companies’ viability and ability to exit from bankruptcy. They shared this information in a joint letter to key conference committee members and Congressional leadership.

As a warm-up for the executive visits to D.C., people from both airlines did a one-day fly-in on July 18. For Delta, 130 retirees and active employees participated in activities coordinated by the retirement committee, DALRC, and the Delta Board Council. In all they met with 60 Congressional representatives. The Northwest group was about 250 strong.

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