Comair updates?
09-02-2010 | 12:33 AM
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From: EFFO (eternally furloughed First Officer)
Any truth to the airline going down to only 44 acs?
Comair to shrink fleet, staffing - Business Courier of Cincinnati
Comair to shrink fleet, staffing - Business Courier of Cincinnati
09-02-2010 | 04:40 AM
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With the sale of Compass and Mesaba and now this, Delta management is obviously getting out of the RJ business any way they can. No buyers for Comair as currently structured, so they break it down. Yesterday's announcement may even have been at the request of SkyWest or Pinnacle. The deal may already be done. What will happen to those last 44 jets at Comair is anybody's guess.
Sold all at once? Sold a few at a time? Will crews go with them?
Will the Comair brand survive? Who knows?
What does your contract's fragmentation language look like?
09-02-2010 | 04:52 AM
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This isn't really a silver lining but look at it this way. We've been hearing rumors for months that Delta was giving away your 700s and 900s and leaving you as a slowly disappearing 50 seat airline. It seems the opposite happened.
They could have just pulled the plug, but instead they are making one last attempt to make the company marketable. Yes it sucks that the company is getting cut in half, and lots of people are losing jobs, but at least the company has a chance to survive this way.
They could have just pulled the plug, but instead they are making one last attempt to make the company marketable. Yes it sucks that the company is getting cut in half, and lots of people are losing jobs, but at least the company has a chance to survive this way.
09-02-2010 | 05:37 AM
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The only way they're going to make pilot labor costs "competitive", assuming they aren't, is by offering a serious buyout package to senior professionals...not the silly "one week of pay for every year of service" deal they came up with a couple of years ago.
Otherwise every pilot at the end of the two year draw down will be at top pay scale wage. Seems like a great way to deal with "block hours costs 20% higher than the competition".
No concessions. The company hasn't been worth working for for some time now.
Otherwise every pilot at the end of the two year draw down will be at top pay scale wage. Seems like a great way to deal with "block hours costs 20% higher than the competition".
No concessions. The company hasn't been worth working for for some time now.
09-02-2010 | 05:43 AM
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The only way they're going to make pilot labor costs "competitive", assuming they aren't, is by offering a serious buyout package to senior professionals...not the silly "one week of pay for every year of service" deal they came up with a couple of years ago.
Otherwise every pilot at the end of the two year draw down will be at top pay scale wage. Seems like a great way to deal with "block hours costs 20% higher than the competition".
No concessions. The company hasn't been worth working for for some time now.
Otherwise every pilot at the end of the two year draw down will be at top pay scale wage. Seems like a great way to deal with "block hours costs 20% higher than the competition".
No concessions. The company hasn't been worth working for for some time now.
09-02-2010 | 06:41 AM
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Tell me again how the other regionals are going to help the 900 furloughed Comair pilots?
09-02-2010 | 06:47 AM
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It's weird that your mgmt say that your crew costs are the highest compared to other regionals. We get the same crap at Horizon. Now notice that both of our fleets are bgin choppped. Best of luck guys/gals.
09-02-2010 | 06:48 AM
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Fell on your sword? REALLY? Were you even there? The offer that ended the strike was only slightly better than the last offer before the strike. Then you guys turned around and gave it all back during the ASA negotiations because Butthead Buttrell dangled some E175s in your faces, which put huge downward pressure on OUR negotiations! So don't lecture me about improving the profession!
We will offer you preferential hiring. And if we get your airplanes, we may even offer you seniority on a ratio basis. Straight from a current ASA ALPA rep. You're welcome.
09-02-2010 | 06:58 AM
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Unfortunately, that's exactly what your management is counting on -- and there are not many good answers to that riddle.
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