2006: Delta Airlines Employees, Making the world a little smaller

Dear Delta Flight Attendants,

I’m lucky.  I travel often and I mostly get to travel in Delta’s care.  As a Minneapolis resident I have had a front row seat to your impressive rise from Northwest’s near bankruptcy to where you are today.  You are in a profession where people really remember when things go wrong and rarely think about how miraculous it is that it goes just as planned literally millions of times a year.

I wished I done a better job of writing down the names of those of you that have gone above and beyond to assist me- both in times of great joy and excitement and times of real stress and sadness.  You have sung me Happy Birthday.  You held one of my babies when my hands were full with another.  You found a way to get me to tight, essential international connections.  One of you literally dried my tears as I urgently raced to get to my parents after a near fatal car accident.  You’ve helped us bring a treasured new puppy home and to send our precious young adult kids far away.  

I’m guessing you get a lot of fan mail.  This letter has been on my list to send for over 15 years as I just really marvel at the machine you have built together that always feels like home and family. 

Keep Climbing and thank you,

Ann Simonds

aka Annie Hoagland