DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Employment and Training Administration
TA-W-59,099

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
DELTA TECHNICAL OPERATIONS GROUP
ATLANTA, GEORGIA

Negative Determination Regarding Eligibility
To Apply For Worker Adjustment Assistance
And Alternative Trade Adjustment Assistance

In accordance with Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, as
amended (19 USC 2273), the Department of Labor herein presents
the results of an investigation regarding certification of
eligibility to apply for worker adjustment assistance.
The investigation was initiated on March 28, 2006, in
response to a petition filed on behalf of workers of Delta
Technical Operations Group, a subdivision of Delta Air Lines
Inc., Atlanta, Georgia. The workers performed commercial
passenger and cargo services and aircraft maintenance.
All workers of Delta Air Lines, Inc., Technical Operations,
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Atlanta,
Georgia, were denied eligibility to apply for adjustment
assistance and alternative trade adjustment assistance on April
5, 2006, under petition number TA-W-59,037.
This investigation revealed that Delta Technical Operations
Group a Subdivision of Delta Air Lines Incorporated, Atlanta,
Georgia does not produce an article within the meaning of Section
222(a)(2) of the Act. In order to be considered eligible to
apply for adjustment assistance under Section 223 of the Trade
Act of 1974, the worker group seeking certification (or on whose
behalf certification is being sought) must work for a "firm" or
appropriate subdivision that produces an article and there must
be a relationship between the workers' work and the article
produced by the workers' firm or appropriate subdivision. The
services and aircraft maintenance workers described above do not
support a firm or appropriate subdivision that produces an
article domestically and thus the worker group can not be
considered import impacted or affected by a shift in production
of an article.
In addition, in accordance with Section 246 the Trade Act of
1974 (26 USC 2813), as amended, the Department of Labor herein
presents the results of its investigation regarding certification
of eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assis-
tance (ATAA) for older workers.
In order for the Department to issue a certification of
eligibility to apply for ATAA, the worker group must be certified
eligible to apply for trade adjustment assistance (TAA). Since
the workers are denied eligibility to apply for TAA, the workers
cannot be certified eligible for ATAA.


Conclusion
After careful review of the facts obtained in the
investigation, I determine that all workers of Delta Air Lines,
Inc., Delta Technical Operations Group, Atlanta, Georgia, are
denied eligibility to apply for adjustment assistance under
Section 223 of the Trade Act of 1974, and are also denied
eligibility to apply for alternative trade adjustment assistance
under Section 246 of the Trade Act of 1974.
Signed in Washington, D.C., this 13th day of April 2006

/s/Linda G. Poole
______________________________
LINDA G. POOLE
Certifying Officer, Division of
Trade Adjustment Assistance