Vantaggi
Free and reduced travel for employees and parents on entire Delta Airlines system. Flight Attendant jumpseat agreements throughout industry including American, Jet Blue, United , US Air, SWA, so it is easy if you are a commuter. Crews are great, it is a smaller company, friendships built. Make sure you love the airline industry because reserve (on call ) is brutal for the first year or two.
Svantaggi
No buddy passes. Also, because of its relationship as a Connection carrier with Delta Airlines, free and reduced employee and parent travel is reserved and boarded at a lower priority than mainline Delta employees and retirees. This includes travel on our own airline. This can be and is a real burden on families with children or retired parents. In addition, though the Delta Connection airlines (of which there are five or six) operate around 50% of all Delta domestic service and get better scores than Delta mainine, they do not get bonuses or profit sharing from DL. Pay is average, a recent union contract got the flight attendants out of one of the lowest paid Flight Attendant tiers and up to industry standard and longevity raises for regionals. Career opportunities upward into management is limited, inflight service and training has been hired predominantly from outside the company. Needs more diversity in management and pilot hiring.