Originally Posted by
gojo
Nope, I stand by my post. Enough of you voted for your new contract knowing full well Repercussions regional level. And now you say it stinks for Comair. Management dangles a big carrot in front of your face in the form of raises and more airplanes, and suddenly it's ok to screw over fellow pilots. Then you say, it wasn't us, it was management. If enough of you guys cared provisions could have been put into your contract that would have helped the entire industry, not just Delta pilots. And don't give me that crap that moving the flying back to mainline is good for everyone. While it may be in the long run, this is a terrible time to put people on the street. Why not wait until Delta is actually hiring before doing this to Comair?
Sorry, but if you couldn't see the end of Comair when a fleet plan of 44 airplanes was announced, then you were simply in denial. BTW, our contract requires 35% of new hire pilot classes to be filled with DCI ALPA pilots.
And once again, Delta pilots did NOTHING to Comair. The contract allows for accelerated retirement of 50 seat aircraft. How many 50 seat aircraft was Comair scheduled to have BEFORE openers were exchanged? 16 CRJ100/200's is the answer. 44 total airplanes. The writing was already on the wall. If it wasn't a shut down, it would've been a sale. For all we knew, Delta would send more 76 seaters to Comair. The reality of the situation is the Delta pilot's contract had little effect on the fate of Comair.