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Just wanted to give everyone a heads up......
As you already know RHS (RH MESS) is going too be the new ground services company from Comair, Mesaba and Compass. I asked one manager what he thought about that. Aside from the usaul yadda yadda yadda, we got on the subject of the pilots and flight attendants.
he said......
(I guess you all's contract is coming up soon.) EXPECT Comair /Delta to offer you guys a contract that THEY consider to be fair or has it put it in line with other DCI carriers. He said that the PILOT & F/A COST ARE STILL TOO HIGH. This offer will be a take it or leave it type deal. If you decline as they expect you to, Comair will be FURLOUGHED out of existence. Looks like anyone who had the preminition as to why BENDO was truly here, there you go.
The manager that told me this was ****ed, he was a Manager in C/S, and was told he would have to reapply for his job, except Northwest wants thier people in his department and more than likely he would not be offered his position back - that's about 98% of the managers. If anyone cares and like you/I really can, I would suggest moving on.
Your source sounds like HE is speculating.... but you are right.... as of right now we are not in a good position to bargain for a better contract. However DL can get rid of us whenever they want... Don't need a new contract to change that. Plus our contract is not really better than our competitors. In fact our pay scale is starting to look sub-par. Our Crew cost overage is mostly due to our senior pilot base. However I believe that will equalize with our current competitors as more regional pilots at other regionals decide the jump to the majors isn't worth the risk?