Paid Personal Time (PPT) at Delta

Delta management gives us 56 hours of Paid Personal Time (PPT) a year. But PPT is management’s catch-all bucket for sick time hours, personal drops/time, the first seven days of an on-the-job injury (OJI), and covering pay for FMLA. 56 hours only covers about 3-4 rotations, and it hasn’t increased for Flight Attendants since 2016!

Delta management arbitrarily determines whether incidents on a plane are covered by PPT or the company, limiting Flight Attendants' flexibility in using their PPT bank.

Additionally, if a Flight Attendant rolls over a certain amount of PPT, it becomes “certified time,” which we could lose upon leaving Delta. Management can withhold earned vacation hours on a technicality,despite most state laws requiring the payout of vacation time.

In 2015, EIG proposed an increase in PPT but management unilaterally removed PPT from the EIG’s “scope.” You read that right—management eliminated the already limited input we had on PPT through the EIG.

Almost every other unionized Flight Attendant group has a separate bank for sick time and additional provisions for personal drops. Unionized Flight Attendants have much larger sick banks than our max PPT accrual. This is why we need a contract! With a union, we will have a voice on the job to negotiate for stronger PPT — a voice that Delta management can’t take away.

A legally-binding contract could put in writing: