Originally Posted by
rickkane
h46bubba you seem to be pretty well informed with whats happining at comair. it sounds like you are in mx over at the g.o. so what is being said over there about everything?
That's correct. We're pretty much in the dark as to what's happening. Really the only inside info I have is that basically Delta has told us to return every 50 seater when the lease is up. That's fine and dandy, but there's no aircraft to replace them with. Our deal for the -900's was a one for one exchange with Bomabardier. We already sent them 14 50 seaters and then Delta renigs on the 14th -900. Comair employees are starting to take notice instead of blindly following along, which is good. The company has steadily been hacking away at back office positions since last December. The pilots and FA's are just now beggining to feel the effects of this constant bleeding from Delta. I'm surprised Delta didn't require a heck of a lot more cuts while we were in Ch.11 and gutted us like Mesaba was after their trip through Ch.11. All we hear from management is the constant sound of "we cost too much!" Now there is this so called holding company that Comair will be put under along side Compass and Mesaba. This is going to continue to unfold as the integration of the new Delta goes along. I do think that most of those furloughed will never be recalled. Unless there is some robust growth at Delta, there is just not enough routes to go around between all the DCI carriers.