Originally Posted by
flycrj200
What makes you think that Comair is hurting and not profitable? Comair has been making money since Delta came out of bankruptcy. You should do some research before you speak.
Comair is one of the largest CRJ 200 Operators in the world, if not THE largest. Everyone recognizes with capacity increasing it is unprofitable to operate low capacity 50 seater that are among the most inefficiency 50 seaters out there. Not only they dont have the most efficient engines but the fact that they dont have fadec increases their inefficiency by nearly 10%. Also comair has one of the oldest and highest paid pilot and flight attended groups, making their payroll a huge burden. In a competitive market with such small profit margins having such "top heavy" pilot group in a regional airline is devastating for the bottom line of any regional. Regional airlines in theory are not supposed to maintain and retain workforce longer then 4 years. In a healthy market, which we are not in, the regional workforce is supposed to flow up to the majors, keeping the operating cost of the regionals competitive. Comair doesn't have either one.