Either way this place sucks. I just came back from 3 weeks vacation and enjoyed it like none other. In the last 5 days I have had 3 5am RR's and have dutied 12+ hours each day! I'm very close to the tipping point!

 

Andy, are you the one who lives in ATL? Where is a good place to live north of the city but still less than 30 minutes from the airport?

 

Has anyone noticed all the quits in the CRC bid packet? Are these the voluntary quits or are these on top of that?

 

Those are the Captains that took the EarlyOut or the 55 Point offer. I believe the Captains were let go May 1st.

 

That sucks. That's what i thought but was hoping otherwise.

 

That's not true.

For the record, this is what The Dick Anderson actually told Bendo:

"You only have a couple months left in your Comair rotation. Keep your people in check until October, then I'm sending in your replacement."

Let's check our facts before posting next time.

 

Is there anyone who is optimistic that things will get better within the next 2 years at Comair? Just curious........

 

Things will get better in four years. Age 65 will kick in.

 

That will just be the newest push to once again lower wages.

 

Are you really asking us to look 3 CEOs into the future? That's quite a tall order, but here goes...

Well for starters, the average Captain Seniority will go from 15.7 years to 17.7 years in the next two years. And the junior FO will be on year 5 pay. And our merger fund will be up to $864,000 because ALPA will extend it indefinitely. Furloughed Comair pilots will still be checking APC daily hoping for recall rumors. Our pass-rider priority will be down to S9F (meaning we ride in cargo as ballast, after dead Delta retirees and Delta Sky Magazines have been loaded) and we'll be using our "mighty leverage" to force significant gains in contract negotiations. Delta will move our operation to China because the gov't folks there aren't real fond of Mesa's completion rates. Those are all things to look forward to.

Of course half our fleet will have been lease-returned by then, so I guess after displacements and furloughs our junior FO will be on year 9 pay and our Captains will average closer to 20 years. No clue what that does to the merger fund.

Let me go out on a limb and guess that in two years Mesa is still in court, but offers to renew their DCI contract for 5% less money as long as they get Comair's CRJ900s. Delta agrees and throws in a few of our 70s to prove there's no hard feelings.