I'm just the messenger and only brought it up because the discussion of this thread deals exactly with this topic.

The furlough situation at Comair is crappy all around, no doubt. I'll be the first to tell you to be skeptical of going to ANY regional at this time... including Mesaba. In fact, aviation is probably on the back burner for me until/if I get recalled by Comair. A majority of the furloughees I spoke with before leaving felt the same way. The time, the pay, the training... it's just not worth it in these uncertain times.

The only good news is: Comair was projecting to hire 400 pilots by the end of 2008 in June. It's October and look how quickly things can change in this industry... hopefully for the better.