The weather had just decided to shift to winter in Atlanta, Georgia, this week, and as the mercury plummeted for states across the Eastern U.S., Delta Cargo’s Annual Global Sales Meeting lifted off with everyone safe within the friendly confines of a warm downtown restaurant.
     “Der Biergarten”—where Delta Cargo hosted its opening night on Tuesday, January 19th—was filled with beer steins, beer bellies, warm surroundings, uplifting music, and lots of comfort food, all creating a cozy counterpoint to the blustery weather outside.
     The business was not far from anyone’s mind, of course, the feeling of “gemütlichkeit”, that wonderful German word that mistranslates as ‘cozy belonging,’ filled every room.
     Any which way including the wurst, Delta Cargo and host Ray Curtis, Sr. VP Cargo Global Sales, delivered a perfect launch for a busy few days.

Happily Sauro

     “The people here are really great,” said Sauro Martinelli revealing that the outfit ATC and later ADP, started by his father Glauco in 1978 and now part of ECS Group has been a Delta partner GSA since 2008.
     “Today we have grown our business representing Delta in Switzerland, Ukraine, and Germany, as well as Italy, where it all began.
     “I grew up in the air cargo business and used to do my homework while my Mom and Dad ran the company.
     “I can tell you, Delta Cargo are loyal, great people to work with,” Sauro happily said.

Smack Dab In The Middle

     “Our team is outstanding in every instance,” Ray Curtis insists, as he introduces Tanya Sanchez (r) and Renee Davis (l).
     Both have served a four-year term on the Delta Board Council, ACS and Cargo Operations, as liaison or a ‘voice’ between employees and the Delta Board of Directors.
     We asked Tanya what surprised her almost four years ago, and she said without a breath:
     “I walked into an early meeting expecting co-workers to perhaps be reluctant to speak out, which was definitely not the case.
     “I knew right away we had something here and the conversation has not stopped.
     “As it has turned out, this activity has continued to be helpful all around and, for me, a wonderful experience,” Tanya said.
     Renee Davis, who moved from Reservations to Board Council, emphatically said:
     “Nothing in my 25-year work experience prepared me for the diversity of this post.
     “You work in reservations and think that maybe you have seen it all.
     “But I have learned very quickly that it is a big world out there.
     “Everyday is a new adventure.”
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