In fairness to Jay, maybe he jumpseated with one of those super senior guys who went from Navajos to CRJs and made crazy money just from Comair stock way back when Comair was in charge of its own destiny. There was even talk of Comair buying out another airline and getting mainline-size jets. When Delta bought Comair, all that ended, but the what ifs have gotten rosier over the years. I can easily imagine one of those guys thinking #2 777 CA would be the proper windfall. Comair has its share of crazies, just like anywhere else.

But i don't think the strike or the Lawson letter have much to do with Comair's fate. Oldest airplanes, most senior pilots, highest payscale. Shrinking to its current size has made Comair what has to be the most expensive regional in the history of aviation. I think RA pays attention to spreadsheets, not settling old scores.

As for the Lawson letter, I've always wondered what the real impact of it was. Absolutely, more ASA guys were hired as a result. But how many more, exactly, in the last 10 years? Dozens? Hundreds?

I hope the hiring spree comes soon, otherwise all those ASA FOs will face the same meager options we did all those years.