Originally Posted by ShyGuy

Apples and oranges, my hate-filled friend.

In the Comair case, the Delta MEC approached the Comair MEC to try and engage in talks with Comair management to let their Delta furloughee pilots keep their Delta seniority numbers. The Comair MEC could have supported the Delta MEC stance, and tried to work with their management to take on these Delta furloughee pilots. Instead, the Comair MEC held the Delta furloughees as hostage, and demanded one of three things: more CRJ-700/-900s with relaxed scope, an assurance that only ASA and Comair would get future DCI flying, and a seniority integration with Delta that was 'fair.'

A GoJets pilot has not screwed the livelihood of a major airline pilot's furloughees. The TSA vs GoJets is a regional airline squabble, and mainline does NOT care about the regional bickering. You're delusional if you think that the Comair MEC's attempt to hold Delta furloughees hostage is the same thing as GoJets pilots flying around and then one day hoping to go to Delta.

A GoJets pilot will have the same chance as any other regional airline pilot to get hired at Delta, except Comair pilots. Only in the Comair case did the MEC try and screw the Delta pilots. The Delta MEC never forgot that, and many at Delta still remember to this day. Meanwhile, most Delta mainline guys don't even know what or who "GoJets" is.

And, I will say that GoJets stepped up to the plate nicely and took many United furloughees as direct entry Captains or CQFOs. GoJets pilots will have no problem getting hired at United, when that hiring opportunity opens up in the future. The GoJets union/MEC did NOT try and hold a gun to the United furloughees and pull a Comair on them...

So yeah, completely different scenarios, and yes Comair pilots are screwed at Delta while GoJets pilots will not be.