Originally Posted by
TurboDog
It seems that you guys are in a very tough situation. Here is my take on this chess game they are playing. Right now you have seniority at Comair and you may be willing to give that up to go over to Mesaba. Mesaba looks nice now, because there is movement over there. I see that just like SJS and I wouldn't take the bait. Comair's contract is open for negotiations next year, so don't think for a minute that the Comair guys won't be fighting snapbacks from the BK as well as getting back what we have lost since 2005. I would be hard pressed to give up any kind of seniority over 6 months right now with everything that is going on. Let's say Comair, Compass, Mesaba, or Pinnacle get merged. On a date of hire seniority integration, you would be giving up your 6 months to a year and a half of seniority. Now if you stay, you will have seniority over everyone that is getting on with Mesaba right now. I just think there is too much risk invovled when you could keep your number right now and get a non-flying job in the meantime. You would most likely enjoy your QOL waiting for a recall as well.
Turbo do agree with your philosphy and under normal circumstances I would tend to stay away or steer someone from a lateral move. However, and just my opinion, it will be tough to fight back during contract negotiations when we have no airline. I firmly believe based on past history, the trends, movement in management and GO, and lasttly what I have been unofficially told we will not be operating as a flight airline. At best it will be a very very senior group which not even my 8 years would suffice. 1.5 years seniority, I would favor leaving at best just because of the relationship and treatment of this airline on its employee's. This being my third airline, it is by far the worst in faulty leadership and stability including QOL. Just my ten cents, good luck to everyone on whatever they decide. One side note, JS even mentions that many questions are still unanswered on comair in lite of the merger...read between the lines.