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Sorry for popping in the Mesaba thread, just wanted to pass along some more info and add some fuel to the fire.
We had a conference call 2 days ago here at Comair for furloughed pilots. The merger topic came up. According to our MEC they are getting closer to this merger and are about 70% there, however, apparently there is one DCI carrier that is not fully on board and doesn't want to merge. It was not mentioned which one, but I can tell you it's either XJ or CZ... Haha!
Someone mentioned earlier about Comair possibly opening a DTW base. We will be doing about 13% of our flying out of DTW come this Spring. We are already operating numerous flights in/out of MSP and DTW. Word is there will be no new bases though for Comair. I think we will continue to see some More shifting in flying going into the new year for every DCI carrier.
Y'all are always welcome on this thread. You don't have to be an XJ pilot to contribute on this thread. Your info is appreciated. Thanks. I have also heard XJ MEC has zero interest in merging and has $0.00 in the merger account whereas Comair has significant amount in their merger account. I check your Comair thread from time to time and share your pain as we at XJ are going through the same thing.
I have to agree with you that for the time being I do not think Comair will open a pilot base at DTW, just like XJ will not open up new pilot bases at CVG or SLC unless things change drastically going into 2010.
You are 100% right about more shifting and reallocation of flying for every DCI carrier.