Originally Posted by
Ominous
Hmmmm... Short memory displayed here...
ASA lost jets to Comair to satisfy that ridiculous TA you all ratified back in '03 or so. I remember double-taking a CR2 in CLT that had an AS tail number but Comair written on the side. When things were good for Comair, you all didn't seem to mind getting other airline's planes. The shoe is on the other... Table, which has turned.
Karma, IMO.
Short memory Ominous? Hardly.
The vote in Spring 2005 (2003 was pretty close) was 61% to 39% in favor of a two year pay freeze in order to get the next 34 CRJ/ERJs Delta was going to award. They even flew in an EMB-175 to convince the pilots that new planes were on the way.
Due to a backlog from the Bombardier strike, Delta was unable to get any new jets on property by the deadline (June 10th, 2005 if I recall). So what's the Delta Regional Holding Company to do? Grab a couple planes off the ASA certificate and shift them to Comair.
Comair didn't bid on another carrier's aircraft, Comair negotiated for undelivered aircraft. It was Delta's greed and lack of planning that took those 50s from ASA.
Our pay freeze kicked in and three months later... Gasp! Delta sells ASA and files BK! ALPA didn't see that one coming.
That was the high water mark of Comair's fleet. Planes started leaving a short time later.
So who got the 34 aircraft Delta promised to Comair? You can figure that out for FREE if you're not too DUM.
A year later Delta announced an RFP for a quarter of Comair's aircraft. Plenty of regionals bid, and when Delta gave away over half of our 700s to ASA and SKW, Delta cited their own actions as evidence in BK court. They convinced the judge that if he threw out our contract, then Delta could stop shrinking us.
When you bring up karma, which part of this were you refering to?