Originally Posted by
Boomer
Any idea why Delta doesn't pull pilots from Comair? ACL said in another thread that Comair's costs were equal to or above legacy. Take some senior guys off the Comair list and suddenly Comair's labor cost drops without having to give them more planes, more flying, or a fourth round of concessions.
I'll admit the top hundred are short and will stay put until 65 or the merciful embrace of death, whichever comes first. However, there are a lot of guys that chose Comair as a career but after all the kicks to the sac in the past 8 years, most are ready to go anywhere at the drop of a hat. Most have 4 year degrees and over 10,000 TPIC, if that helps.
Is it because Anderson hates Comair pilots as individuals, or because DALPA hates all Comair pilots as a whole?
As previously stated by others, Comair pilots choosing CMR as a career was mentioned by JC in his infamous letter stating that CMR is a career airline and any DAL furloughee could resign from Delta to be a CMR pilot. And how many kicks to the sack did you take compared to DAL guys 2001-2005?
This is a classic case of what goes around, comes around. Perhaps the CMR pilots should have been more vocal when their illustrious leader drew his line in the sand. Funny, it didn't affect him, but it affects a whole lot of the CMR list now.