Delta to dish out more than $450 million in profit sharing to Georgia employees

Delta Air Lines Inc. employees will receive profit sharing as part of the company's $1.1 billion total payout for 2014 – the largest payment in the company's history. The airline is paying more than $450 million to its Georgia-based employees. The Atlanta-based airline giant (NYSE: DAL) said total individual payouts will equal more than 16 percent of employees' eligible 2014 earnings, which equates to an average of nearly two months' salary. In October 2014, Delta paid a 5 percent advance on profit…