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                                                                   Exhibit 10.2

February 5, 2001

Ms. Maggie Bellville
3962 East Brookhaven
Atlanta, GA  30319

Dear Maggie:

1.       This  letter,  when  executed by you will confirm our  agreement  with
         respect to your separation from Cox  Communications,  Inc.,  hereafter
         referred to as COX.

2.       Your separation will be effective Wednesday, January 31, 2001. At that
         time you will cease active  employment and you may not act or speak on
         behalf of COX.  You will  remain on our  payroll at a salary  level of
         $43,755 per month through January 31, 2002 and continue to participate
         for that period in medical/dental/life benefits on an after-tax basis;
         provided, however, if you have not found another position or developed
         a  consulting  practice as of January 31,  2002,  you may  continue to
         remain on our  payroll  at the  salary  level of $3,755  per month and
         continue  to  participate  in   medical/dental/life   benefits  on  an
         after-tax  basis for up to an  additional  three (3) months --- to and
         through  April 30, 2002.  Benefit  continuation  does not include LTD,
         pension service, flex credits or 401(k) participation. Continuation of
         these benefits will not be subject to you meeting any contingencies or
         other post-employment  conditions.  If you have found another position
         or developed a consulting  practice but not with base  compensation or
         gross earnings, as applicable, equal to or greater than $43,755.00 per
         month during the initial  twelve months of severance,  we will pay you
         for up to three  (3)  months - from  February  1, 2002 up to April 30,
         2002  - the  difference  between  $43,755  per  month  and  your  base
         compensation  or gross  earnings,  as applicable,  for those months as
         evidenced  by  pay  records,   pay  stubs,  tax  records  and  similar
         documentation.  You  agree  that  in  order  to be  eligible  for  any
         additional  compensation  after 12 months,  you must make a reasonable
         effort to find other employment,  including  self-employment,  and may
         not reject an offer that a reasonable  person in your  position  would
         accept. You will not be required to relocate from Atlanta,  Georgia to
         meet this requirement.

3.       You  acknowledge  you have received your 2000  incentive  compensation
         based on performance of the company for fiscal year 2000.

4.       Your remaining 1998 and 1/01/99 stock option grants under the Cox Long
         Term Plan are vested under the terms of the plan.  You will have up to
         January 12, 2002 to exercise these options.  Your remaining March 1999
         and  January  2000 stock  options  were  vested at 100% on January 12,
         2001,  and you will have up to one year from vesting to exercise these
         options.

5.       We will  continue  to pay your fees for your  country  club and health
         club until you find other full-time employment.  COX will also pay off
         the current lease on your VOLVO  automobile  and transfer the title to
         you free and clear within thirty (30) days.  You will receive  payment
         for all accrued but unused vacation time,  currently equal to four (4)
         weeks, with payment to be delivered to you by March 15, 2001.

6.       Outplacement services will be provided by Lee Hecht Harrison up to one
         year and transitional coaching will be provided by Julia Romaine, your
         executive  coach,  as outlined in her January 9, 2001  letter,  not to
         exceed the services listed. These expenses will be paid by the company
         and all  services  should  be  invoiced  and sent to Mae  Douglas  for
         payment.

7.       You will direct any inquiries and reference  checking  regarding  your
         separation  to either Mae  Douglas or me and we will  respond to those
         inquiries  in  accordance  with the  statement  which is  attached  as
         Exhibit "A."

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8.       Should you accept full-time employment prior to January 31, 2002, your
         medical/dental  coverage  will cease unless you elect to exercise your
         COBRA  conversion  rights.  COX will provide you with necessary  COBRA
         forms by mail.  Additionally,  should you accept  employment  prior to
         January 31, 2002, you agree to notify COX, at which time any remaining
         severance for the period through January 31, 2002, will be paid to you
         in a lump sum and any  benefit  plan  coverage  will  cease  upon your
         coverage  with any plan  offered by your new  employer  or pursuant to
         COBRA.

9.       During the course of your  employment,  you have had and will continue
         to have access to trade secrets,  confidential  information as defined
         by  Exhibit  "B"  and  proprietary  information  ("Information").   In
         consideration  of the benefits  received by you under this  Agreement,
         you agree to keep all Information  strictly  confidential and will not
         reveal any  Information  to any person nor use it for your own benefit
         for a period  of two  years  from the  date of the  execution  of this
         Agreement.  On or  before  March 1,  2001 you will  return  to COX all
         records  and  materials  in your  possession  or  under  your  control
         containing any  Information,  or as reasonably  soon thereafter as any
         such  materials  are  discovered.  Your breach of this  paragraph  may
         irreparably  harm and  damage COX and you agree that in such event COX
         shall be  entitled  to  injunctive  relief as well as any other  legal
         remedy available to it.

10.      You agree that the terms and  conditions  of your  separation  must be
         kept  confidential,  except  that the  Company  shall be  entitled  to
         disclose the terms and conditions of this Agreement if such disclosure
         is required by any  applicable  law or regulation  (including  without
         limitation  filing the  Agreement  with the  Securities  and  Exchange
         Commission),  and each party shall be  entitled to disclose  the terms
         and  conditions  of this  Agreement if required by order of a court of
         competent  jurisdiction,  or as  otherwise  may be  required by law or
         legal process.  Furthermore, you agree that you will not engage in any
         conduct or activities materially and substantially  detrimental to the
         best  interests of COX,  including,  but limited to, any  disparaging,
         denigrating  or untrue  statements  about COX or about any employee of
         COX.  It is  mutually  agreed and  understood  that any breach of this
         paragraph by you would be material to COX and that in the event of the
         first  breach,  COX shall be  entitled  to  liquidated  damages in the
         amount  of  $43,755;  in the  event of a second  breach  COX  shall be
         entitled to liquidated  damages in the amount of $87,510.  Thereafter,
         COX shall have the right to declare this  agreement null and void from
         the  beginning  and  shall  be  relieved  of  any  further  obligation
         hereunder,  including the obligation to pay compensation,  and in such
         event you shall repay to COX any and all consideration previously paid
         to you subsequent to the date of this letter.  Prior to exercising any
         of its rights for a breach of this  paragraph,  COX will notify you of
         its  position and provide you with up to ten (10) days to explain your
         position. Prior to engaging in conduct that may constitute a breach of
         this paragraph,  you may contact me or whomever else may then be COX's
         President and/or Chief Executive Officer.

11.      You further agree not to solicit or in any manner encourage  employees
         of COX to  leave  for a period  of two  years  after  the date of your
         execution of this Agreement.

12.      You  agree  that if there is an issue or  situation  in the  future of
         which you are  knowledgeable  or had been  involved  that  results  in
         action  against  COX you will  reasonably  cooperate  and  provide any
         reasonable assistance needed.

13.      You  agree  that  for a  period  of one  year  after  the date of your
         execution  of  this  Agreement  that  you  will  not  have  management
         responsibility for running any cable television company other than COX
         as a partner,  director,  officer,  principal,  employee,  independent
         contractor,  consultant  or advisor  where COX  currently  has a cable
         television  franchise  that is  identified as Exhibit "C;" nor may you
         work for Qwest's Phoenix,  Arizona operation in a management  position
         that  involves  direct  competition  with COX's  services  in Phoenix,
         Arizona.

14.      You  agree  that  for a  period  of six  months  from the date of this
         Agreement,  you will not perform the duties that you performed for COX
         as an Executive Vice President over any cable television  company that
         may be acquired  by COX,  and where you are not working at the time of
         the acquisition.

15.      IN  CONSIDERATION OF THE BENEFITS GRANTED TO YOU IN PARAGRAPHS 2, 4, 5
         and 6:

         YOU HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY  RELEASE AND DISCHARGE COX,
         ITS OWNERS AND  AFFILIATES  AND THEIR  CURRENT  AND FORMER  DIRECTORS,
         OFFICERS,  EMPLOYEES, AND AGENTS FROM ANY AND ALL CLAIMS, LIABILITIES,
         OBLIGATIONS,  PROMISES, ACTIONS, SUITS OR DEMANDS OF ANY NATURE, KNOWN
         OR UNKNOWN,

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         (EXCLUDING UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BENEFITS WHICH MAY BE PROVIDED BY
         THE STATE OF  GEORGIA),  INCLUDING,  BUT NOT LIMITED TO,  RIGHTS UNDER
         FEDERAL,  STATE OR LOCAL LAWS PROHIBITING AGE, SEX, RACE,  DISABILITY,
         NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION OR OTHER FORMS OF DISCRIMINATION, AND CLAIMS
         GROWING OUT OF ANY LEGAL  RESTRICTION  ON COX'S RIGHT TO TERMINATE ITS
         EMPLOYEES  WHICH YOU HAVE OR MAY HAVE ACCRUED  THROUGH THIS DATE.  YOU
         COVENANT  NOT TO SUE COX OR ANY OF ITS  OWNERS,  AND  AFFILIATES,  AND
         THEIR  DIRECTORS,  AND FORMER  DIRECTORS,  OFFICERS,  FORMER OFFICERS,
         EMPLOYEES,  FORMER EMPLOYEES,  OR AGENTS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY OF THE
         ABOVE RELEASED  CLAIMS.  WITHOUT  WAIVING ANY OF THE  FOREGOING,  THIS
         WAIVER SHALL IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY RELEASE YOUR RIGHTS UNDER
         THE  AGE   DISCRIMINATION   IN  EMPLOYMENT  ACT,  THE  AMERICANS  WITH
         DISABILITIES  ACT OF 1990,  AND TITLE VII OF THE CIVIL  RIGHTS  ACT OF
         1964.  YOU  FURTHER  AGREE TO  IRREVOCABLY  WAIVE ANY RIGHT TO RECOVER
         UNDER ANY CLAIM THAT MAY BE FILED BY THE EQUAL OPPORTUNITY  COMMISSION
         WITH RESPECT TO YOUR EMPLOYMENT WITH COX.

16.      You represent and  acknowledge  that you have read this  Agreement and
         understand  the terms hereof and have been given an opportunity to ask
         questions of COX's representatives. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE CONSULTED
         WITH AN ATTORNEY  PRIOR TO  EXECUTION OF THIS  AGREEMENT.  You further
         represent  that in executing  this  Agreement you do not rely and have
         not relied upon any  representative  of COX with regard to the subject
         matter, basis or effect of this Agreement or otherwise. This Agreement
         sets forth the entire agreement between the parties hereto,  and fully
         supersedes any and all prior agreements or understandings  between the
         parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof.

17.      This  agreement  is  knowingly  and  voluntarily  entered into by each
         party.

18.      This offer expires 21 days after your receipt of this letter.

19.      For a period  of  seven  days  after  the  date of  execution  of this
         Agreement,  you have the right to revoke this Agreement. The Agreement
         shall not be effective or enforceable  until seven days after the date
         of execution, if not revoked by you prior thereto.

20.      This Agreement  shall be governed by and construed in accordance  with
         the laws of the State of Georgia. The provisions of this Agreement are
         severable,  and if any part of it is found  to be  unenforceable,  the
         other  provisions  shall  remain  fully valid and  enforceable  at the
         discretion of COX.

21.      Please  confirm your  understanding  of our agreement by indicating in
         the space below and returning one copy to me.

Sincerely,

/s/ James O. Robbins
James O. Robbins

JOR:tkb

The above accurately reflects the agreement regarding my separation from COX.

By:  /s/ Margaret A. Bellville                       Date: *
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         Margaret A. Bellville               *Delivered, received and executed.
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                                                                    EXHIBIT 10.1

                              DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
                      DIRECTORS' DEFERRED COMPENSATION PLAN

                      [As Amended Through January 24, 2001]

SECTION 1.  Purpose.

The purpose of the Delta Air Lines, Inc. Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan
(the "Plan") is to provide members of the Board of Directors (the "Board") of
Delta Air Lines, Inc. (the "Company") who are not employees of the Company
("Participants") with the opportunity to defer receipt of payment of their cash
payable fees for services as a Director.

SECTION 2.  Administration.

The Plan shall be administered by the Corporate Governance Committee of the
Board (the "Committee"), or such other committee of three or more individuals
appointed by the Board to administer the Plan. The members of the Committee must
be members of, and shall serve at the discretion of, the Board.

Subject to the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall have sole and
complete authority to construe and interpret the Plan; to establish, amend and
rescind appropriate rules and regulations relating to the Plan; to administer
the Plan; and to take all such steps and make all such determinations in
connection with the Plan as it may deem necessary or advisable to carry out the
provisions and intent of the Plan. All determinations of the Committee shall be
by a majority of its members, and its determinations shall be final and
conclusive for all purposes and upon all persons, including, but without
limitation, the Company, the Committee, the Participants and their respective
successors in interest.

SECTION 3.  Eligibility and Participation.

Participation in the Plan shall be limited to members of the Board who are not
employees of the Company.

A Participant may elect to defer receipt of all or a portion of his or her cash
payable fees for services as a member of the Board. These fees include, without
limitation, the cash portion of the annual retainer, the committee chairperson
retainer and any meeting fees for attendance at meetings of the Board and its
committees (collectively, the "Fees").

SECTION 4.  Deferral Election.

A Director of the Company who desires to defer receipt of payment of all or a
portion of his or her Fees must complete and deliver an Election Agreement,
substantially in the form attached hereto as Attachment A, to the Corporate
Secretary of the Company no later than December 31 prior to the calendar year in
which the Fees otherwise would be paid; provided, however, that any Director
hereafter elected to the Board who was not a Director on the preceding December
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may make an election to defer payment of Fees not yet received for the calendar
year in which he or she is first elected to the Board by delivering an Election
Agreement to the Corporate Secretary of the Company within thirty (30) days
after such election. An Election Agreement, once timely delivered, shall be
effective for the succeeding calendar year (or the remainder of the current
calendar year in the case of a newly elected Director).

Any deferral elections made by a Director of the Company prior to October 26,
1995, shall remain in effect in accordance with the terms of such deferral
election agreement and the Directors' Deferred Compensation Plan in effect when
such elections were made.

A Participant's election to join the Plan shall be irrevocable; shall relate
solely to amounts earned after the filing of a deferral election with the
Corporate Secretary; and shall be made on the Election Agreement, as described
herein.

A Participant shall make the following elections on each Election Agreement:

         (a)      In accordance with Section 3 herein, the amount of Fees to be
                  deferred;

         (b)      In accordance with Section 5 herein, the length of the
                  deferral period;

         (c)      In accordance with Section 6 herein, the investment return
                  choice(s) with respect to deferred amounts; and

         (d)      In accordance with Section 7 herein, the form of payment of
                  deferred amounts following the end of the deferral period;

provided that, except as specified by Sections 5 and 6 herein, each such
election shall be irrevocable.

SECTION 5.  Deferral Period.

Unless the Committee determines otherwise, the deferral period elected by a
Participant with respect to the Participant's Fees for a calendar year shall end
no less than one (1) year from the end of the calendar year in which the Fees
are earned and shall end no more than five (5) years from the end of the
calendar year in which the Participant attains the Company's mandatory
retirement age for non-employee members of the Board. At least one (1) year
before the end of the deferral period, the Participant may elect to extend such
deferral period. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, any extension of the
deferral period shall end no less than one (1) year from the end of the calendar
year in which the previous deferral period ended and shall end no more than five
(5) years from the end of the calendar year in which the Participant attains the
Company's mandatory retirement age for non-employee members of the Board.
However, notwithstanding the deferral periods elected by a Participant, payment
of deferred amounts and accrued investment return thereon shall be made to the
Participant, or the Participant's beneficiary designated pursuant to Section 8
herein, as the case may be, in a single lump sum within 30 days in the event the
Participant's service as a Director of the Company is terminated by reason of
death or disability at any time prior to full payment of deferred amounts and
accrued investment return thereon. "Disability" for this purpose shall mean a
long-term disability as determined in the sole discretion of the Committee.

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SECTION 6.  Deferred Compensation Accounts.

The Fees which a Participant elects to defer shall be treated as if they were
set aside in an unfunded deferred compensation account, maintained by the
Company or its agent for bookkeeping purposes, on the date the Fees otherwise
would have been paid to the Participant (the "Account"). The obligation of the
Company under the Plan to make payment of Fees and the accrued investment return
with respect to a Participant's account constitutes the Company's unsecured
promise to make payments from its general assets as provided herein. A
Participant shall have the status of a general unsecured creditor of the
Company.

A Participant's Account will be credited with the amount of the deferred Fees
and the investment return on the investment choice (and debited with any losses
thereon) specified by the Participant. The investment return shall be equivalent
to the investment performance during the applicable deferral period of one or
more of the funds available to employee participants in the Delta Family-Care
Savings Plan (i.e., Core Options, Window of Choices and Additional Fidelity and
External Funds) specified by the Participant or, in lieu of or in addition to
such investment choices, such other investment return choices as may be
specified from time to time by the Committee.

Unless the Committee otherwise determines, Participants may change their
investment return choices for amounts deferred under this Plan as often as they
wish by notifying the Corporate Secretary of the Company or agent of the Company
appointed to manage Accounts under this Plan; provided, however, that
Participants should preclear with counsel for the Company a transaction which
increases their future deferrals to the investment equivalent of the Delta
Common Stock Fund (or reallocates their existing account balances into or out of
such fund).

SECTION 7.  Payment of Account.

A Participant's Account balance shall be paid following the end of the deferral
period, as determined under Section 5 herein, in either (a) a single lump sum
cash payment, together with the accrued investment return thereon, as soon as
practicable thereafter, or (b) quarterly installments over a period not to
exceed five (5) years, in either case as elected by the Participant on his or
her Election Agreement pursuant to Section 4 herein. The quarterly installment
payments, if elected, will be based upon a Participant's then existing Account
balance divided by the number of installment payments remaining to be made. A
Participant may submit an alternate payment schedule to the Committee for
approval in its sole discretion.

SECTION 8.  Death of Participant.

A Participant may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries (who may be named or
successively) who, upon the Participant's death, will receive the amounts which
otherwise would have been paid to the Participant under the Plan. All
designations shall be signed by the Participant, and shall be in substantially
the form attached hereto as Attachment B or as otherwise prescribed by

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the Committee. Each designation shall be effective as of the date received by
the Corporate Secretary of the Company from the Participant.

Participants may change their designations of beneficiary by submitting a new
designation form. The payment of amounts deferred under the Plan shall be in
accordance with the last unrevoked designation of beneficiary that has been
signed by the Participant and delivered by the Participant to the Corporate
Secretary of the Company prior to the Participant's death.

In the event that all the beneficiaries named by a Participant pursuant to this
Section 8 predecease the Participant, the deferred amounts that would have been
paid to the Participant or the Participant's beneficiaries shall be paid to the
Participant's estate.

In the event a Participant does not designate a beneficiary, or for any reason
such designation is ineffective, in whole or in part, the amounts that otherwise
would have been paid to the Participant or the Participant's beneficiaries under
the Plan shall be paid to the Participant's estate.

SECTION 9.  Amendment and Termination.

The Company hereby reserves the right to amend, modify, or terminate the Plan at
any time by action of the Committee or by the Board of Directors. No such
amendment, modification or termination shall in any material manner adversely
affect any Participant's right to deferred amounts, contributions, or accrued
investment return thereon, without the consent of the Participant.

SECTION 10.  Additional Provisions.

Any notice or filing required to be given to the Company or the Corporate
Secretary under the Plan shall be sufficient if in writing and hand delivered,
or sent by registered or certified mail, to the Corporate Secretary of the
Company at such address as is given in the records of the Company. Notices shall
be deemed given as of the date of delivery or, if delivery is made by mail, as
of the date shown on the postmark on the receipt for registration or
certification.

Participants' rights with respect to deferred amounts, contributions and accrued
investment return under the Plan may not be sold, transferred, assigned, or
otherwise alienated or hypothecated, other than by will or by the laws of
descent and distribution. In no event will the Company make any payment under
the Plan to any assignee or creditor of a Participant.

In the event that any provision of the Plan shall be held illegal or invalid for
any reason, the illegality or invalidity shall not affect the remaining parts of
the Plan, and the Plan shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal or
invalid provision had not been included.

All costs of implementing and administering the Plan shall be borne by the
Company. The Plan shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of
the State of Georgia, without reference to principles of conflict of laws. All
obligations of the Company under the Plan shall

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be binding upon any successor to the Company, whether the existence of such
successor is the result of a direct or indirect purchase, merger, consolidation,
or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the business and/or assets of the
Company.

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