Originally Posted by Groundhog

And that surprises you?

I wish my company would "downsize" some of the outsourced express flying. Maybe that would keep more of us on the mainline property. That's what most of us got into the pax-hauling airline business for in the first place, right? We didn't plan to make a career out of regional flying. Regionals have become career airlines, but at the expense of mainline.
I've been furloughed once, and I am about to be furloughed again. I understand the stress, the anxiety and the pain associated with losing one's job. This is no slight against the furloughed Comair pilots.
But are you truly surprise that a Delta crew has no idea what's going on at Comair? They've got their own issues to worry about. Not the least of which is how much possible downsizing may occur at Delta due to the merger, or the expansion of express flying.
Let's put the shoe on the other foot. Let's assume Delta starts a significant reduction of mainline domestic capacity, while at the same time expanding the express side of the equation. While Comair pilots enjoy better schedules, early upgrades, the return of all furloughees and maybe even hiring, how much sympathy or concern will the Comair pilots sincerely have for the furloughed Delta pilots?

The "I got mine" attitude is disappointing, but hardly surprising.

Hog