"In the meantime, we are analyzing the impact on staffing as it pertains to these capacity reductions and, as in the past, we will offer voluntary programs to adjust staffing needs. We will continue to make decisions that are in the long-term interest of our colleagues, customers, shareholders and the communities we serve." Source: From a letter to the 75,000 employees of Delta Air Lines, from company Richard Anderson and President Ed Bastian, outlining the newly-merged carrier's plans to cut capacity in 2009.