Well it wasn't as interesting as the Vag's conference calls..I can tell you that for a fact! Lets see.
- Flew 76,338 fewer block hours in 2009 than in 2008(20%)! - Flew 2,867 more block hours this year than planned. - Block hours planned for 2010, 16% less than 2009. - 18% flying to transfer back to CVG over next six months. - By July '10; percentage of "planned" flying will be: 42%/NE, 39%/CVG, 14%/DTW, 5%/Other. - No MSP or ATL based flying planned for 2010 - 15 Lease returns for 2010 and 6 for 2011. - Total projected fleet by end of 2011: 13/CR9, 15/CR7, 87/CRJ - Down to 2,730 employees after latest furlogh and voluntary reductions. - Changing e-mail over from Groupwise to MS Outlook - Comair not going anywhere or disappering as posted in Cincy Enquirer - Smaller Airline now focused solely on flying - Continue to reduce costs more comaprable to peers - Continue to do more with less. - Leverage mainline resources and find synergies(yes they used the DL magic word) with sister wholly owned. - No growth..but aligning cost for future growth (as always!). - All a/c will be painted in Gen 4 by Sep. 2010. - Mx launched a/c interior improvement plan: Extensive and more frequent interior cleaning. - Increased frequency of exterior a/c washes
And last but not least; we were 15% more expensive than the other bidders for the UA RFP.
15% Higher? Comair is such a tease. I like the aligning cost for future growth. Been hearing that one for how long know??? Even if that line were true, the future growth is most likely someone else.
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It means on some overnights there wil be a aircraft washing task added to the work order for a entire a/c watch. In the real world what is gonna happen is when the mechs get done with everything else the back around the apu exaust will get washed by the mechs. Even though we have cleaners who do the insides, for some reason they dont know how to use a hose...I agree some of our planes look like they should be hauling cargo not people...and I would guess that Comzir opts for the cheapest paint on the new paintjobs, because they look like crap after a month or so.
Yeah those ground handlers need to do a better job! I flew on 10112 last week and most of the windows had that nasty hair grease craze on most of the windows! Ewwww!
My facts are spot on. Your premise is fatally flawed.
the only reason Comair shows a "profit" is because all of the arrangements for regional lift, both wholly owned and not wholly owned, are what is called cost plus - As long as performance targets are hit, Comair will make cost plus 2% or 4% or 10% or whatever...as long as targets are hit, Comair (and any other regional) cannot lose money - they will always show a "profit" on their books. The difference is, Delta may not be able to cover the "cost +" with the revenue from the tickets. So Delta's goal is to find the CHEAPEST guy to do the flying.
If the deal is cost + 10%, for example, and it costs Comair $1000 to fly the flight, then Delta pays them $1100. If Delta can only make $900 on the tickets though, in the end Delta lost $200 operating the flight - but Comair will show a "profit" of $100. Net loss to the Delta Corporate familiy - $100 (Comair +100, Delta loss -200).
Now take the same scenario but lets assume it is Compass and they can fly the flight for $800. Delta will pay them the same cost + 10%, or $880 to fly the flight. If Delta collects the same $900 for tickets, then Delta makes $20 on the flight and Compass collects $80 of "profit". Net gain to the Delta Corporate family - $20 (Delta +$20)
There is nothing inaccurate about my facts - this is the way it works, so like any business owner Delta really does not care if it is done in house or outsourced, as long as it is profitable.
Does that make sense? That is why the real goal is to find whoever can do it the cheapest.
Your premise is precluded by logic. So Delta pays Comair a little more money. That profit- all of it- goes back into Delta's coffers. Delta is doing nothing more than creative accounting.
A wise Vulcan once said Whatever is left- no matter how improbable or illogical- must be the truth. The truth, skywatch is both wholly owneds are losing flying- what is the logical conclusion? R.A. is still PMSin about the strike when that Turd wasn't even at Comair. It is impossible to look forward when you look backward. I think he 's going to fold Comair, or merge it with Mesaba (highly illogical).
Honest question, for some odd reason you strike me as a management type - Do you own your own business or are you an airline executive who just so happens to run a certain airline at CVG?
If you are I have one question- where's my ham?
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Who the heck is running this MEC?! I havn't worked at Comair in 4 months and am still getting letters from the MEC wanting money. Here is the best and most recent.
My fellow Comair Pilot,
I hope life finds you well as our business sure stinks. I am the lucky one to whom the membership committee for ALPA CMR 45 has turned, to remind you that an assessment was approved and passed along to the membership. I urge you to please address this financial matter as soon as possible to prevent your removal from the rolls of active Comair pilots and subsequently Comair employment as is stipulated by ALPA National by-laws. It isn't our MEC which dictates this. If you have begun paying or have paid this assessment in full, please disregard this notice. If you haven't, come on and get off the wallet. I'm certainly not Mr. Moneybags and managed to get my share paid. The latest information I have is that your balance due is $20.00. If this is incorrect call me and I will try to get the problem rectified. I hate bill collectors too so don't yell at me. xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Who the heck is running this MEC?! I havn't worked at Comair in 4 months and am still getting letters from the MEC wanting money. Here is the best and most recent.
My fellow Comair Pilot,
I hope life finds you well as our business sure stinks. I am the lucky one to whom the membership committee for ALPA CMR 45 has turned, to remind you that an assessment was approved and passed along to the membership. I urge you to please address this financial matter as soon as possible to prevent your removal from the rolls of active Comair pilots and subsequently Comair employment as is stipulated by ALPA National by-laws. It isn't our MEC which dictates this. If you have begun paying or have paid this assessment in full, please disregard this notice. If you haven't, come on and get off the wallet. I'm certainly not Mr. Moneybags and managed to get my share paid. The latest information I have is that your balance due is $20.00. If this is incorrect call me and I will try to get the problem rectified. I hate bill collectors too so don't yell at me. xxx-xxx-xxxx.
Fraternally,
XXXXX
I guess that means your voluntary furlough didn't go through. And you have a hundred SDs on your line.
Cessna 126,
you're going to have to call ALPA national. Same thing happened to me. They'll want to charge you until your furlough date. If you don't pay, you'll be placed in an "innactive status", but with access to their site, etc. Then if/when you get recalled or hired at another airline and ALPA is there, you'd have to pay that money before joining again. Can you feel the love?.
Your premise is precluded by logic. So Delta pays Comair a little more money. That profit- all of it- goes back into Delta's coffers. Delta is doing nothing more than creative accounting.
A wise Vulcan once said Whatever is left- no matter how improbable or illogical- must be the truth. The truth, skywatch is both wholly owneds are losing flying- what is the logical conclusion? R.A. is still PMSin about the strike when that Turd wasn't even at Comair. It is impossible to look forward when you look backward. I think he 's going to fold Comair, or merge it with Mesaba (highly illogical).
Honest question, for some odd reason you strike me as a management type - Do you own your own business or are you an airline executive who just so happens to run a certain airline at CVG?
If you are I have one question- where's my ham?
I don't own my own business. You Got Me - this is JB. When not out on my boat in St. Maarten, or in my country home in Tuscanny, I lurk on APC to defend the idiocy that is airline management. Thanks for your hard work on that 100% complete. Ham is in the mail.
Seriously though, you missed something. In the example I gave you, THERE IS NO PROFIT when Comair flies the flight, only when Compass flies the flight, because of the higher costs at Comair. Comair HAS to be paid a "profit" because of the cost plus arrangement, but Delta loses more than that on the flight - so there IS NO PROFIT for Delta when Comair flies the flight, while there is if Compass does it. If you cannot (or don't want to) understand that, I cannot think of anyway to make it clearer. Part of the problem, I admit, is that as a business model it is a pretty stupid way to do business, with your partners assuming NO risk in the equation.
Since you seem big on logic, here is a logical conclusion - all the wholly owned are losing flying because some of it is not making money. Delta therefore wants less regional aircraft in the mix - and they have contracts with other carriers that have minimum levels that they have to honor. Have you noticed that a lot of the other Delta Connection guys are suing Delta? That they tried twice to dump Mesa? That they dumped Coex and Big Sky?
I just don't buy the whole "Delta hates us, that is why this is happening" argument. Do I hate the way this industry works and do I think the powers that be make a lot of stupid decisions? Yep. Do I think they have it out for us personally? Maybe. But do I think that this kind of grade school "I hate Comair so I am going to kill them" mentality would fly with a Board of Directors overseeing a billion dollar company? In the end it just seems pretty improbable that Delta would destroy an airline they paid 1.4 Billion for just cause they don't "like" them.
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Cessna 126,
you're going to have to call ALPA national. Same thing happened to me. They'll want to charge you until your furlough date. If you don't pay, you'll be placed in an "innactive status", but with access to their site, etc. Then if/when you get recalled or hired at another airline and ALPA is there, you'd have to pay that money before joining again. Can you feel the love?.
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Even if that line were true, the future growth is most likely someone else.
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