This week, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC) let the world know something each LGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender) employee at Delta already knew – this is a great place to work!

Through the work of many employees from both pre-merger Delta and pre-merger Northwest, our newly combined airline has aligned all of the right policies, marketing and support for the communities we live in and service to achieve a perfect 100 score on HRC’s Corporate Equality Index and earn the right to proudly proclaim that Delta is one of the Best Places to Work for LGBT Equality in 2010!

Earlier this year Delta supported Pride and Aids Walk events in New York and Minnesota and was one of the leading sponsors of our local Atlanta HRC annual dinner. In May, we were honored to receive the Best Airline award from gay.com members and are working hard this month to win this year’s 2009 TripOut Gay Travel Awards – please vote for us! In October, we look forward to being the presenting sponsor for the 19th Annual Atlanta Aids Walk & 5K Run and a diamond sponsor of the 2009 Atlanta Pride Festival in addition to being a gold level supporter of this year’s Reaching Out MBA Conference being hosted in our hometown. Throughout the year, we offer our LGBT customers delta.com/gaytravel for more information and travel tips to some of the most gay-fabulous destinations in our network.

Being one of the best places to work means more than supporting our communities – it’s the way Delta employees respect one another each and every day. It doesn’t matter if the employee is an executive, pilot, flight attendant, or below-wing employee working on the ramp – we understand that there are a lot of things that we can learn from one another. At the core of our values is a deep commitment to respecting each other and drawing strength from our differences. That is what makes Delta so special and it shows – so yes, for LGBT employees and customers, we are simply the best!

Paul Skrbec
Manager
Corporate Communications