Comair updates?
02-18-2009 | 07:13 PM
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From: blueJet
You didn't get this one?
TO: Comair Team
FROM: President John Bendoraitis
RE: Important Information!!!1!!1(duh it's in a memo)
Today Delta has implemented a new visionary cost savings plan called POOPAS - Paper Operation, Obstruction, Prohibition And Salvage.
This new visionary costs savings measure will put Comair's costs more in line with our chief competitors. Comair will be the only DCI carrier that has to use this new system, all other DCI carriers will still have their paper costs paid in full by Delta, even though they may be using that paper for United/American/Continental/Airways/Everyotherairlineintheentireuniverseincludingkling onair flights.
There will be a 400 page un-laminted addition in every Comair airplane detailing how the tree is grown, cut and processed to make paper. Also covered, will be the design and implementation of Comair's new logo and motto "Ready to blo.....go". It continues with a fifty eight page dictation from our esteemed VP of Flight Ops on how we should all be concerned about our above average paper costs.
Some highlights of the program
- Guidelines on how to properly fill out forms using smooth penmanship, as to not rush and create errors
-Prohibition of pens, unless eraseable
- Paper gripping techniques, as to prevent on the job papercut injuries
- Penalties will be levied if you are caught not using both sides of the sheet of paper you're using, including flight releases.
----Penalties will be at our discretion, up to and including termination
- Our new paperless weight and balance system. Just write the important numbers on your hand, and call them out to ops before push. Remember to give them your takeoff weight, +4000 weight (if applicable), limiting weight and a dot. (graph no longer needed, just give them a dot).
- Napkin utilization program - write down all thrust data on napkin - performance "fill-in" page on the flight release will no longer be supplied
Contact your chief pilot for a replacement "POOPAS" novel. The company has decided that replacing 15 of these books per airplane a year is worth the extra cost, rather than laminating it for a slightly higher upfront cost ..but never having to replace it. This way your profit sharing will be less over a larger period of time.
In order to save additional money, Comair will be furloughing all paper recycling stations in the company, and offering buyouts for the older lamination machines. Please make sure that all your Comair lamination machine team-members update their standing bid. As they've been around forever, and are hardly used..they may have forgotten how to do this.
We regret having to furlough such valued members of our Comair team, but it's necessary to cut our overall costs by 98.49%. This way Delta will have no choice but to cut us by 48% in 2009, a vast improvement from the planned 48.1% cut. (Note 2009 budget is 448 dollars and seventeen cents).
TO: Comair Team
FROM: President John Bendoraitis
RE: Important Information!!!1!!1(duh it's in a memo)
Today Delta has implemented a new visionary cost savings plan called POOPAS - Paper Operation, Obstruction, Prohibition And Salvage.
This new visionary costs savings measure will put Comair's costs more in line with our chief competitors. Comair will be the only DCI carrier that has to use this new system, all other DCI carriers will still have their paper costs paid in full by Delta, even though they may be using that paper for United/American/Continental/Airways/Everyotherairlineintheentireuniverseincludingkling onair flights.
There will be a 400 page un-laminted addition in every Comair airplane detailing how the tree is grown, cut and processed to make paper. Also covered, will be the design and implementation of Comair's new logo and motto "Ready to blo.....go". It continues with a fifty eight page dictation from our esteemed VP of Flight Ops on how we should all be concerned about our above average paper costs.
Some highlights of the program
- Guidelines on how to properly fill out forms using smooth penmanship, as to not rush and create errors
-Prohibition of pens, unless eraseable
- Paper gripping techniques, as to prevent on the job papercut injuries
- Penalties will be levied if you are caught not using both sides of the sheet of paper you're using, including flight releases.
----Penalties will be at our discretion, up to and including termination
- Our new paperless weight and balance system. Just write the important numbers on your hand, and call them out to ops before push. Remember to give them your takeoff weight, +4000 weight (if applicable), limiting weight and a dot. (graph no longer needed, just give them a dot).
- Napkin utilization program - write down all thrust data on napkin - performance "fill-in" page on the flight release will no longer be supplied
Contact your chief pilot for a replacement "POOPAS" novel. The company has decided that replacing 15 of these books per airplane a year is worth the extra cost, rather than laminating it for a slightly higher upfront cost ..but never having to replace it. This way your profit sharing will be less over a larger period of time.
In order to save additional money, Comair will be furloughing all paper recycling stations in the company, and offering buyouts for the older lamination machines. Please make sure that all your Comair lamination machine team-members update their standing bid. As they've been around forever, and are hardly used..they may have forgotten how to do this.
We regret having to furlough such valued members of our Comair team, but it's necessary to cut our overall costs by 98.49%. This way Delta will have no choice but to cut us by 48% in 2009, a vast improvement from the planned 48.1% cut. (Note 2009 budget is 448 dollars and seventeen cents).
02-18-2009 | 07:14 PM
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I don't have many details about COBRA, other than it was going to cost way too much per month. I went to ehealthinsurance and found a plan there for a LOT less. I'm sure the coverage is not quite as good, but I just need basic coverage. This was just for me also, the cost may differ if you're looking to cover a family. I'm not certain, but I believe the stimulus package includes some kind of aid for COBRA, like paying for 65% of it? I'm sure others out there have more info about that. Even if that's the case going through an independent company will still be cheaper for me. Hope that helps some.
02-18-2009 | 07:54 PM
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I had the opportunity to talk privately with JB today after the meeting in Concourse A, and he said they had got enough people to take the early out so they shouldn't have to furlough any more pilots, or flight attendants. He also mentioned we're picking up the JFK flying from Freedumb in April. Will basically be a swap in flying between us and FD, they in CVG us in JFn'K. Not really any increase.
02-18-2009 | 08:23 PM
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I had the opportunity to talk privately with JB today after the meeting in Concourse A, and he said they had got enough people to take the early out so they shouldn't have to furlough any more pilots, or flight attendants. He also mentioned we're picking up the JFK flying from Freedumb in April. Will basically be a swap in flying ween us and FD, they in CVG us in JFn'K. Not really any increase.
02-18-2009 | 09:02 PM
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Yes he is an FO and in fact there WERE actually COLA's posted the other day in the 70 for FOs. He actually just showed me his bid for them. He said that crew forcasting told him that he would have actually been awarded the COLA, but that since there is more 70 flying now they retracted the COLAs for 70 FO's for April.
02-18-2009 | 09:10 PM
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This is what I have heard as well. I also heard that they are telling the flight attendants in recurrent that they want to go from 800 FA's to 650 FA's. That combined with the number of COLA's that they are offering Captains in CVG tells me that indeed we are still way to fat for pilots.
I have heard also that with the closure of the Freedom base in JFK only 6 total Freedom aircraft will be brought to CVG in addition to whatever they already have there. I'm not buying that JB says we will be playing musical chairs with Freedom. He has pretty much already said that their base moving to CVG won't have any affect on us, and if it did I am sure he would twist it to be some sort of positive news for us just like him thinking that it is a good thing that our company just shrunk by half so now we can actually see how much we cost. If you couldn't account for our cost as an airline before, then you don't know how to do business. that was just blown smoke and many seem to have inhaled it.
I have heard also that with the closure of the Freedom base in JFK only 6 total Freedom aircraft will be brought to CVG in addition to whatever they already have there. I'm not buying that JB says we will be playing musical chairs with Freedom. He has pretty much already said that their base moving to CVG won't have any affect on us, and if it did I am sure he would twist it to be some sort of positive news for us just like him thinking that it is a good thing that our company just shrunk by half so now we can actually see how much we cost. If you couldn't account for our cost as an airline before, then you don't know how to do business. that was just blown smoke and many seem to have inhaled it.
02-18-2009 | 09:17 PM
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I had the opportunity to talk privately with JB today after the meeting in Concourse A, and he said they had got enough people to take the early out so they shouldn't have to furlough any more pilots, or flight attendants. He also mentioned we're picking up the JFK flying from Freedumb in April. Will basically be a swap in flying between us and FD, they in CVG us in JFn'K. Not really any increase.
02-19-2009 | 12:43 AM
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From: EFFO (eternally furloughed First Officer)
You didn't get this one?
TO: Comair Team
FROM: President John Bendoraitis
RE: Important Information!!!1!!1(duh it's in a memo)
Today Delta has implemented a new visionary cost savings plan called POOPAS - Paper Operation, Obstruction, Prohibition And Salvage.
This new visionary costs savings measure will put Comair's costs more in line with our chief competitors. Comair will be the only DCI carrier that has to use this new system, all other DCI carriers will still have their paper costs paid in full by Delta, even though they may be using that paper for United/American/Continental/Airways/Everyotherairlineintheentireuniverseincludingkling onair flights.
There will be a 400 page un-laminted addition in every Comair airplane detailing how the tree is grown, cut and processed to make paper. Also covered, will be the design and implementation of Comair's new logo and motto "Ready to blo.....go". It continues with a fifty eight page dictation from our esteemed VP of Flight Ops on how we should all be concerned about our above average paper costs.
Some highlights of the program
- Guidelines on how to properly fill out forms using smooth penmanship, as to not rush and create errors
-Prohibition of pens, unless eraseable
- Paper gripping techniques, as to prevent on the job papercut injuries
- Penalties will be levied if you are caught not using both sides of the sheet of paper you're using, including flight releases.
----Penalties will be at our discretion, up to and including termination
- Our new paperless weight and balance system. Just write the important numbers on your hand, and call them out to ops before push. Remember to give them your takeoff weight, +4000 weight (if applicable), limiting weight and a dot. (graph no longer needed, just give them a dot).
- Napkin utilization program - write down all thrust data on napkin - performance "fill-in" page on the flight release will no longer be supplied
Contact your chief pilot for a replacement "POOPAS" novel. The company has decided that replacing 15 of these books per airplane a year is worth the extra cost, rather than laminating it for a slightly higher upfront cost ..but never having to replace it. This way your profit sharing will be less over a larger period of time.
In order to save additional money, Comair will be furloughing all paper recycling stations in the company, and offering buyouts for the older lamination machines. Please make sure that all your Comair lamination machine team-members update their standing bid. As they've been around forever, and are hardly used..they may have forgotten how to do this.
We regret having to furlough such valued members of our Comair team, but it's necessary to cut our overall costs by 98.49%. This way Delta will have no choice but to cut us by 48% in 2009, a vast improvement from the planned 48.1% cut. (Note 2009 budget is 448 dollars and seventeen cents).
TO: Comair Team
FROM: President John Bendoraitis
RE: Important Information!!!1!!1(duh it's in a memo)
Today Delta has implemented a new visionary cost savings plan called POOPAS - Paper Operation, Obstruction, Prohibition And Salvage.
This new visionary costs savings measure will put Comair's costs more in line with our chief competitors. Comair will be the only DCI carrier that has to use this new system, all other DCI carriers will still have their paper costs paid in full by Delta, even though they may be using that paper for United/American/Continental/Airways/Everyotherairlineintheentireuniverseincludingkling onair flights.
There will be a 400 page un-laminted addition in every Comair airplane detailing how the tree is grown, cut and processed to make paper. Also covered, will be the design and implementation of Comair's new logo and motto "Ready to blo.....go". It continues with a fifty eight page dictation from our esteemed VP of Flight Ops on how we should all be concerned about our above average paper costs.
Some highlights of the program
- Guidelines on how to properly fill out forms using smooth penmanship, as to not rush and create errors
-Prohibition of pens, unless eraseable
- Paper gripping techniques, as to prevent on the job papercut injuries
- Penalties will be levied if you are caught not using both sides of the sheet of paper you're using, including flight releases.
----Penalties will be at our discretion, up to and including termination
- Our new paperless weight and balance system. Just write the important numbers on your hand, and call them out to ops before push. Remember to give them your takeoff weight, +4000 weight (if applicable), limiting weight and a dot. (graph no longer needed, just give them a dot).
- Napkin utilization program - write down all thrust data on napkin - performance "fill-in" page on the flight release will no longer be supplied
Contact your chief pilot for a replacement "POOPAS" novel. The company has decided that replacing 15 of these books per airplane a year is worth the extra cost, rather than laminating it for a slightly higher upfront cost ..but never having to replace it. This way your profit sharing will be less over a larger period of time.
In order to save additional money, Comair will be furloughing all paper recycling stations in the company, and offering buyouts for the older lamination machines. Please make sure that all your Comair lamination machine team-members update their standing bid. As they've been around forever, and are hardly used..they may have forgotten how to do this.
We regret having to furlough such valued members of our Comair team, but it's necessary to cut our overall costs by 98.49%. This way Delta will have no choice but to cut us by 48% in 2009, a vast improvement from the planned 48.1% cut. (Note 2009 budget is 448 dollars and seventeen cents).
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