Originally Posted by
TimingANDluck
CommutAir is downgrading captains. Do not be fooled, this airline is and will always be the worst regional in the industry. While other airlines are offering better and better pay and quality of life, CommutAir continues to scrape the bottom of the barrel and is currently downgrading captains on property. They say that the upgrade time is short, but that is a thing of the past. More than 35 percent of the seniority list has left in less than 12 months. They are losing more than 3 pilots to each person hired, and now they are downgrading. Do not be fooled into coming to this airline as I was last year. CommutAir will never receive even a fraction of the aircraft expected and it is likely the CPP program will be rescinded at any moment. Stay far, far away.
Upgrading F.O.s that are senior to some who are being displaced by the parking of the Dash 8s.Not a good thing for those who are very junior dash captains,but do you think seniority should be ignored as an alternative course of action?
However the retirement of the dash's is handled, it will be a lousy deal for some.Until this all balances out with additional ERJs it will be a paradox of downgrades coupled with ongoing Captain upgrades.
I have not come up with a better answer than how it is being done, unless we agree to just through the contract out the window.