Originally Posted by
Scoop
Bar,
There is two sides to every story and everything you say may indeed be true but, and this is a big but, COMAIR chose to use furloughed DAL pilots for leverage. Pilots who had recently paid part of their paychecks to support COMAIR when they were on strike in 2000. Pilots who helped ensure DAL did not did add additional city parings on COMAIR routes during the strike. Meanwhile JC Lawson and his friends had no problem accepting DAL pilot $. ASA choose the high road - good for them! ASA and COMAIR both had a choice and to paraphrase that dude in the third Indian Jones movie "COMAIR chose poorly and ASA chose wisely."
Fianlly - I don't think this should reflect badly on any COMAIR hired pilot subsequently to this sad affair.
Scoop
Good post. You are right. The Delta guys that did come over were just awesome. Great pilots, great attitudes (despite the lousy circumstances) and a lot of friendships were forged.