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A white-collar job candidate recently went to an executive search firm so fed up with his job that he was willing to take a $10,000 pay cut just to get out of the company. Until he actually got the offer. Then he got scared, said Brett Stevens, president and founder of the recruiting firm SearchLogix Group in Kennesaw. "Job candidates are staying with what they have because they are afraid of the unknown." Delta ending contract with ExpressJet carrier Delta Air Lines announced it will end its flying agreement with Delta Connection carrier ExpressJet effective Sept. 1. Atlanta-based Delta said it reached a mutual agreement with Houston-based ExpressJet to end the contract. ExpressJet flies 23 50-seat ERJ-145 aircraft on about 100 daily flights for Delta Connection, mostly out of Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Delta said it plans to shift some of the flying to another Delta Connection carrier, including all of the routes flown by ExpressJet for Delta out of the Salt Lake City hub. Delta looking to expand cargo business Although the airline industry is cutting back amid record fuel costs, Delta Air Lines is investing in an area that had been easy to neglect: cargo. Atlanta-based Delta hopes to grow its cargo business to $600 million in revenue this year, from $482 million last year. Among the investments the airline has made is a $2 million set of four giant coolers and infrastructure in Atlanta to store lucrative perishable shipments such as fresh produce and pharmaceuticals. The coolers are to be in use by July 15. Agency moving forward on state government tech overhaul Eight years after its creation, the Georgia Technology Authority is once again trying to make good on its mandate to overhaul the government's tech infrastructure. The agency is reviewing bids from companies that want to run the state's telecommunications and computer networks and awaiting bids on a contract to manage the state's Web sites. All together, the state expects to pay about $1.28 billion over five years for the three contracts, which will affect operations at 11 state agencies. Delta total seat occupancy, capacity steady Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines said its planes were 85.4 percent full on average in June, compared with 85.9 percent a year earlier. The carrier increased capacity measured by available seat miles by 0.7 percent, and traffic measured by revenue passenger miles grew by 0.2 percent. Delta's international flights were 83.3 percent full on average, compared with 83.4 percent a year earlier. Delta increased its international capacity by 14.1 percent in June compared with a year earlier, and international traffic grew by 13.9 percent. Take it from UPS: Left turns waste gas By driving 2 billion miles a year, UPS has learned a thing or two about how to save fuel. The Sandy Springs-based package carrier — the largest in the world, by the way — operates 93,637 vans, delivery trucks, tractor trailers and motorcycles. Of those, only 1,629 use alternate fuels. With fuel becoming the carrier's No. 1 expense, conserving the precious petroleum product has become a top priority for Big Brown. As Americans prepare to drive to the fairgrounds, the mountains, the beaches and beyond for the Fourth of July, here are three tips from the pros. Starbucks isn't telling yet which shops will close Let us be frank. We don't know which 600 Starbucks stores will close, or how many in the Atlanta area. The Seattle-based company has been mum on its hit list since the closing announcement this week. It wants to inform its employees, or "partners," first, a company statement said, adding that many will be placed in jobs at other stores. But for the already jittery coffee-drinking masses worried that their Starbucks could be shuttered: Be a bean counter. Starbucks feels heat of bean counting It seems the "latte factor" has caught up with Starbucks. For years, financial advisers and magazine "how-to save" lists have consistently used $4 lattes as Exhibit A when it comes to wasteful American spending. Starbucks, that symbol of extravagant discretionary spending, this week announced it was closing 600 stores. Over-saturating the market was certainly a big factor. But so was a penny-pinching public. Expecting merger, airport moves to expand runway The Delta-Northwest merger hasn't been approved yet, but officials of Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport are beginning to behave as if it's a done deal. Officials of the city-run airport Wednesday got initial approval to expand one of Hartsfield-Jackson's five runways in anticipation of more international flights once the merger is approved. The runway expansion means Hartsfield-Jackson would be able to handle more 400-passenger Boeing 747s, specifically 747-400s, which is the workhorse of Northwest Airlines' international fleet. Merger with GCI Group brings Cohn & Wolfe back to Atlanta International public relations firm Cohn & Wolfe, which got its start in Atlanta before closing its doors in 2000, is back. The company, which went on to success in cities around the world, is merging with competitor GCI Group, which has an office in Atlanta. The merged agency will take the Cohn & Wolfe name. If you want other news on this page, please email me the name and location, if known. |
