I would love for it to happen. I believe the chances are .0000001% Which is great!

The end is near for CVG. I say sept 1 for cvg to close and DTW to open.

03-16-2010 | 09:42 AM

#16863

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From: FO4LIFE

Today, March 16, 2010, Delta Air Lines announced the closing of Concourse A in CVG effective May 1, 2010. Recently, Delta Air Lines also announced a reconfiguration of the banks of flying at CVG that will lessen the peaks and valleys of the current operations schedule while still committing to maintaining 160–170 flights per day at CVG. With the retooling of the flight schedule, Delta has been able to optimize the use of terminal and gate space and can now shift all operations into Concourse B, which was previously underutilized.

In addition to this announcement, Delta has stated its intention to have Delta personnel provide all ramp and gate functions for mainline and Connection carrier flights. This decision will directly impact hundreds of former Comair employees who joined Delta Regional Elite Services group last year. We are deeply saddened by the difficult situation that these former coworkers will be facing in the coming months.

03-16-2010 | 09:45 AM

#16864

Pilotguy143

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I really think that if JFK didn't have 31L closed, we would be talking about CVG closing as a base. I believe the future for Comair is DTW and JFK.

03-16-2010 | 09:46 AM

#16865

flycrj200

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From: A320 FO

The email from the union sounds very suspicious regarding the shift to concourse B: “At this time, we are not aware of any changes to the Comair staffing model or domicile locations resulting out of the closure of Concourse A”
Sorry to all the Delta Regional Elite brothers and sisters that will be losing their jobs

03-16-2010 | 09:58 AM

#16866

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My question is this:

What sort of "airline" spends millions of dollars to spin off Comair's orginal customer service department, create new I.D. badges, etc., only to after what, not even a year lay them all off and shut down the operation? Who the hell is running Delta? I see a lot of Northwest decisions being made here!!!

Well at least their being offered severance packages. I just spoke with Trish from sort. Poor girl was trying to keep it togheter.........

Well IMO, this does not look well for Comair, unless they go to DTW, which I well, when I spoke to DICK Anderson, he gave very a bad feeling about that.

03-16-2010 | 03:15 PM

#16867

theaviator

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From: E145 FO

Ive got a few friends at CVG who currently work for Regional Elite as well as family members. I would just like to thank the Freedumb crew who pulled into CVG at around the time of the RHS meeting. Thank you for telling the pax that the reason you were not getting pulled into the gate on time was because the ground crew just found out they were losing there jobs. Every angry passenger from that flight made all the newly unemployed people feel great. Thanks for proving why you are a bottom feeder. What comes around goes around my friends.

03-16-2010 | 05:01 PM

#16868

GearMover

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Quote:

Originally Posted by theaviator

I’ve got a few friends at CVG who currently work for Regional Elite as well as family members. I would just like to thank the Freedumb crew who pulled into CVG at around the time of the RHS meeting. Thank you for telling the pax that the reason you were not getting pulled into the gate on time was because the ground crew just found out they were losing there jobs. Every angry passenger from that flight made all the newly unemployed people feel great. Thanks for proving why you are a bottom feeder. What comes around goes around my friends.

Maybe I'm miss reading this post but the way I read it your saying that the Freedom crew said something along the lines of that the Regional Elite just found out they were going to have massive layoffs so they may be a few minutes in parking the plane. The passenger’s reaction was to get mad at the delay and when they got off the plane they took it out on the ground crew?????????????????????????

First let me say that I can feel their pain because I'm a former Comair ramp agent that worked in Orlando and was sitting in the room when Comair human resources came in and told us the Orlando operation was closing. I remember very clearly the Comair Captain calling into operations and complaining no one was around to park his plane and when he was told about the meeting he simply stated it wasn’t his problem and wanted someone out there now.

I also have friends who moved their lives from Orlando to Cincinnati and other places to stay with a company they believed in only to have Comair pull the rug out from under them by closing or changing to that "new" company called Regional Elite.

A bottom feeder is opportunist who profits from the misfortunes of others and I think that defines you. You took the opportunity to take a shot at people you don't know/like by bringing in the fact that a group of good hard working people whose loyalty to a company that doesn't deserve it lost a job most truly loved.

I want to send all my best to all my former coworkers trust me when I say it may seem dark right now but things will be better in the very near future for you.

Last edited by Diver Driver; 03-16-2010 at 08:30 PM.

03-16-2010 | 05:09 PM

#16869

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gear mover you did miss read that post. the aviator was ragging about the flight crew of freedom telling the passengers about the situation at the ramp. in no way was the poster ragging about the ramp workers