Let's see...

-We have saved Comair $42.5 million since 2005 by taking various concessions.
-Our QOL has gone to crap.
-They have furloughed 300+ Pilots.
-They moved several hundreds of crews to JFK.
-We got screwed with travel benefits.

I really hope we can get a decent contract and that management recognizes all the crap we have been through. We have one of the most senior, but also most experienced pilots in the regional airline industry, and I do hope management see this and that we are the most valuable asset to the company. One things I personally like to see is an increase in pay overall, but mostly on the FO side. We should follow Southwest and establish a "Senior FO" payscale. With upgrades at a standstill, senior FOs (who are most likley downgrades Captains too) should be compensated properly. Reserve workrules need to be addressed as well. None of this 6 on, 1 off crap anymore.

When I was kicked out the door and moved on to compass one of the biggest QOL improvements was that we are required to have 2 days off between reserve periods. We are also required to have 3 on for a minimum set of reserve days. I never thought it would be a big deal but it is huge.

You will have to get rid of the 3 hard days and 4 days and settle for 1 set of 4. I have been able to move my schedule around after the bids close and make my group of 4 days a group of 3 days and get 3 3 day off periods and 1 2 day off period. Huge improvement.

I think another big improvement would be to rework the way reserve windows are assigned. They should be more assigned like this.

A5 first day
A4 second
A3 third
A2 fourth
A1 fifth

Also anything 1 day that reports after say 1400 should also be considered a 2 day trip.

I couldn't agree more. Having reserve start later on the first day and end early on the last day is the way Jetblue does things. But then again, they get 12 days off per month.

As far as contract negotiations, all the Captains who are negotiating are on reserve. I'm not saying they will be able to get us our dream contract, but I think there will be a big push to help increase QOL

Saw this in a twitter,
"Delta Airlines: Bringing Walmart service to the skies. You go boy!".

When we get our year of seniority back in March 2011, roughly half our FOs wll be topped out on the pay scale. And that's not counting the 150 downgraded captains back on FO pay either.

Dear Comair Diary, first post of February. Nobody got furloughed today. CVG is still crawling with ERJs. That is all.

Heard from a Mesa pilot that if Mesa doesn't get I don't know, some kind of something by May, their going Ch. 7.

LOL!!! Sorry. He didn't know, he just said J.O. said that if they didn't get something by May, thier going Ch. 7.

not that it matters...