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Old 02-12-2009, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by cyrcadian
That's what she said.

Sorry. I had to.
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That's what she said.

Sorry. I had to.

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Old 02-12-2009, 07:12 AM
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So they have extended the Early Out/55 deadline yet once again. Now to close on Feb 23rd. It is interesting how the memo say that they decided to extend the deadline in light of the news of the transfer of employees to the new RHS.

Are they hoping that the most recent news scares people into considering the EO/55 program?

Why even put a deadline on it?
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Old 02-12-2009, 07:34 AM
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Why even put a deadline on it?
They are trying to paint the bleak picture in hopes that more people will take this package. I don't think it's going to work though. There is nowhere for people to go.
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Old 02-12-2009, 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by TurboDog
So they have extended the Early Out/55 deadline yet once again. Now to close on Feb 23rd. It is interesting how the memo say that they decided to extend the deadline in light of the news of the transfer of employees to the new RHS.

Are they hoping that the most recent news scares people into considering the EO/55 program?
Watch out there guys... One Biscoff to the first person to find the error in today's announcement:

Enrollment Window Extended for Voluntary Packages11-Feb-2009
Comair announced today the enrollment period for the two voluntary programs - the 55-Point Program and Early Out Program - has been extended for an additional two weeks. The new deadline to elect to participate is the close of business (5 p.m. EST) on February 23. Departure dates will vary depending on the business need.

"In light of yesterday's announcement regarding the creation of Regional Handling Services (RHS), we have extended the enrollment period for Comair's two voluntary programs - the 55-Point Program and Early Out Program - for an additional week," said Karla Russo, vice president of Human Resources in her memo to the Comair team.


There's a typo that makes quite a difference. Good thing we furloughed our proofreaders.
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Old 02-12-2009, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by PinnacleFO
We do that at 9e right now, looks like you guys take it over. it is long
Actually, they're making it twice daily. Comair is only going to be operating one of the daily flights. I assume Pinnacle is going to still be operating the other one.
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Old 02-12-2009, 08:38 AM
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Originally Posted by dbo861
Actually, they're making it twice daily. Comair is only going to be operating one of the daily flights. I assume Pinnacle is going to still be operating the other one.
Actually, each of us will be doing half of both. Pinnacle will fly LGA-DSM in the morning, sit 7 hours, and DSM-LGA in the evening. Comair will fly LGA-DSM in the evening, have a 37 hour layover, and fly DSM-LGA two mornings later.

I know it doesn't make sense to the pilots, but we don't see the big picture.

To Delta it makes perfect sense.
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Originally Posted by Boomer
Watch out there guys... One Biscoff to the first person to find the error in today's announcement:

Enrollment Window Extended for Voluntary Packages11-Feb-2009
Comair announced today the enrollment period for the two voluntary programs - the 55-Point Program and Early Out Program - has been extended for an additional two weeks. The new deadline to elect to participate is the close of business (5 p.m. EST) on February 23. Departure dates will vary depending on the business need.

"In light of yesterday's announcement regarding the creation of Regional Handling Services (RHS), we have extended the enrollment period for Comair's two voluntary programs - the 55-Point Program and Early Out Program - for an additional week," said Karla Russo, vice president of Human Resources in her memo to the Comair team.


There's a typo that makes quite a difference. Good thing we furloughed our proofreaders.
Not sure about a typo in the sense a word was mispelled. However the syntax -sentence construction- in first paragraph should've read " have been extended for an additional two weeks". Also, there's a huge error in the lenght of the extension, it is only one week, not 2 as the first paragrapgh estates, but the second paragragh indentifies correctly.

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There's a typo that makes quite a difference. Good thing we furloughed our proofreaders.[/quote]

This company had proofreaders on staff? No wonder our costs are so high!
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Where was Delta gonna put Mesa again???


February 12, 2009, 1:24 pm
Delta’s Fare Cuts at Cincinnati: Last Chance for the Hub?
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Following our previous post about Delta’s plan to cut fares at Cincinnati – an airport that has long had some of the country’s highest ticket prices — we’ve heard from numerous passengers and airline industry observers wondering whether the cuts might foreshadow plans to cut service deeply at the airport.

“Makes perfect sense to lower fares,” wrote one commenter identifying himself as Shawn. “That way they can say they yields have tanked along with lower demand and there goes your CVG hub.”

Such sentiments might be somewhat cynical. But others in the industry we spoke with have voiced similar thoughts. Aviation consultant George Hamlin suggested that one could see the decision to cut fares at Cincinnati as a way of providing some cover for any eventual pullout from the hub. “This enables Delta to say, ‘Well, we tried. We put in low fares, and the economics weren’t there,’” Hamlin told the Terminal in brief interview.

Aviation consultant Michael Boyd emailed his thoughts on Delta’s move to cut fares at Cincinnati, writing that the “Bottom line is that Delta is making a good-faith effort to make the hub work better. They tried it a few years ago with their “Simplifares” experiment. Traffic spiked at CVG, but total revenues dropped. If that happens with this latest effort, there’s no blaming Delta for downsizing the operation.”

As we previously wrote about Cincinnati, Delta Airlines’ connecting traffic accounts for more than 70% of CVG’s total passengers. And the Atlanta-based carrier accounted for roughly 92% of total passenger volume in 2007. In a recent note from Fitch Ratings downgrading ratings on the Cincinnati airport authority’s debt, the ratings agency noted, “ongoing uncertainty of future traffic as the airport’s largest carrier, Delta Airlines (Delta), begins to execute its merger with Northwest Airlines. As the two airlines harmonize their fleets and strategically deploy assets across their networks, the ability to maintain operations at four large connecting hubs within close proximity (Minneapolis, Detroit, Memphis, and Cincinnati) at current levels will be difficult.”
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