April 9, 2001

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NATIONAL MEDIATION BOARD

Re: Delta Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association

The National Mediation Board (NMB) announced today that Board Member Maggie Jacobsen and Senior Mediator John Schrage will meet with Delta Airlines and the Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) on April 18, 2001 in public-interest mediation. Both ALPA and Delta have expressed their willingness to reach a negotiated settlement before the end of the cooling-off period.

Case A-13130