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Scoop
Read it yourself Fellas. Here is a sample of COMAIR's treatment of DAL Pilots. The icing on the cake was that as soon as DAL started recalling/hiring COMAIR changed this policy - what a joke.
Scoop
TO: Comair Pilots
FROM: J.C. Lawson, Comair MEC Chairman DATE
ecember 16, 2002
Your MEC met in CVG with the Delta MEC Chairman, Captain Will Buergey, at his request, to discuss preferential hiring of furloughed Delta pilots at Comair. Through this letter, I hope to dispel rumors and provide a more thorough understanding of the purpose and outcome of that meeting.
The Delta MEC, while in session at the bi-annual October Board of Directors meeting in Hollywood, Florida, formally directed the Delta MEC Chairman via resolution to meet with the Comair MEC Chairman to seek preferential hiring for furloughed Delta pilots at Comair while allowing them to retain their Delta seniority.
The general philosophy held by the Comair MEC is:
We are sensitive to the regrettable plight of all furloughed pilots in our industry.
We encourage our management to hire pilots who seek a future at Comair.
We have formally approached Comair management and our management has agreed to preferential hiring of furloughed ALPA pilots.
We agree with our company's policy that requires prospective Comair pilots to resign their seniority at their previous carrier. We believe our Company's industry-standard policy requiring seniority resignation is sound and wise. It promotes the general health and welfare of all Comair employees and serves to protect the future of our company.
At our meeting in CVG, Captain Buergey offered preferential hiring to Comair pilots if the Comair MEC would recommend to Comair management that they hire furloughed Delta pilots and allow them to retain their Delta seniority.
Your MEC responded that hiring any pilots at Comair who do not resign their seniority at their previous carrier gives rise to numerous substantive concerns. The Delta MEC's offer of (future) preferential hiring at Delta is not sufficiently substantive to overcome those concerns and solicit Comair pilots' support. We suggested three alternative concepts, any one or all of which might lead to a mutually beneficial solution:
Relax the Delta PWA, Section 1, seat restrictions imposed upon Comair and ASA that limit our growth in 70-seat and larger airframes.
Negotiate Delta Brand Scope language with Delta management that defines all Delta flying within the Delta revenue stream to be performed solely by Delta, Comair, and ASA pilots.
Negotiate a plan for future integration of our Delta, Comair, and ASA pilots seniority lists that fairly recognizes the efforts and contributions of all.
The Comair MEC stands ready to work with the collective MEC's to bring about change that makes sense in a challenging economic environment and works for all pilots who perform flying under the Delta brand. As we stated in the Tuesday, December 3rd meeting, our door is still open.
COMAIR MEC
AIR LINE PILOTS ASSOCIATION, INTERNATIONAL
SUITE 120 3940 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD ERLANGER, KY 41018
859-282-9016 FAX 859-283-5533
Sweet Jesus. They asked for relaxed scope that was limiting their growth???
Any regional pilot group needs to be VERY wary of lifers on their MEC. I'd be willing to bet the majority of comair pilots would rather get a job at Delta someday than "grow" at comair. Sucks that they'll forever be linked with this DBag that was obviously trying for a power play and kicking DAL pilots while they were down.
I'd always heard about this but never read it for myself. Yet another illustration of the conflict of interest that exists within ALPA. Generally what's good for Comair/ASA/etc is not a win for Delta pilots and vice versa. Unless, of course we tighten up the scope and can eventually bring them on here - provided they are not so damn short-sighted and will agree to go to the bottom of the list.
I just re-read it again and am getting more and more ****ed at this lifer loser. He had a choice, and has subsequently hurt those Comair pilots that came behind him.
BTW, how much influence does/did DALPA have regarding hiring candidates? Does mgmt even accept our input regarding issues such as these? Maybe this would be a case to set an example for the industry and take the high road if/when we start hiring again - excluding of course, this clown and all known co-conspirators (and yes I'd interpret co-conspirator to include those that were at comair at the time and did nothing against this.)
