Comair updates?
06-15-2012, 06:19 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Apr 2007
Position: "if it's got wings, I can crash it".
Posts: 886
Couldn't think of 2 "entities" that deserve to be with each other more than SB and GJ. May they have a "living in hell marriage" followed by a flaming divorce where the 2 of them loose everything to the lawyers...........did i say that out loud?.
06-16-2012, 07:45 PM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2008
Position: CRJ
Posts: 358
Originally Posted by cvg4now
Originally Posted by flylikesly
At Comair it is a jeopardy event.... Was given about 30 minutes in the box to "warm up" on a few maneuvers, then asked if I was ready to be evaluated. Not sure how other airlines will do it, we implement AQP training. All and all though it just felt like a recurrent check ride, no real big deal. Also the SIC restriction on the CL-65 was removed.
Originally Posted by flylikesly
Did my ride a week ago all from the right seat, the Circling VMC restriction still applies, SIC limitation was removed. As I said in my previous post the whole event was nothing more than a recurrent check ride with a a few more maneuvers that we should already know how to do, stalls, steep turns, wind shear recovery, etc... I even taxied from the right seat.
The next day was the the actual LOE flight, we use AQP training, it was one leg. The captain gets sick on the leg and passes out, the SIC must now act as PIC, continue the flight, nearest suitable airport is the destination at the time he becomes sick, get a wind shear on short final, do the escape maneuver, come back around now that the winds have magically calmed down and several aircraft behind you make it in, park the aircraft on the runway for emergency personal and done. I am sure every airline's scenario will be different, but as far as the maneuvers these are simple things that we should already be able to preform on any given day.
The oral was also very company specific, op specs etc, and aircraft specific. Go in prepared, just like any other check ride, and there will be no issues. Good luck to all!
Forgot to mention that I didn't have to go out and retake the written the one I had was over 5 years old
The next day was the the actual LOE flight, we use AQP training, it was one leg. The captain gets sick on the leg and passes out, the SIC must now act as PIC, continue the flight, nearest suitable airport is the destination at the time he becomes sick, get a wind shear on short final, do the escape maneuver, come back around now that the winds have magically calmed down and several aircraft behind you make it in, park the aircraft on the runway for emergency personal and done. I am sure every airline's scenario will be different, but as far as the maneuvers these are simple things that we should already be able to preform on any given day.
The oral was also very company specific, op specs etc, and aircraft specific. Go in prepared, just like any other check ride, and there will be no issues. Good luck to all!
Forgot to mention that I didn't have to go out and retake the written the one I had was over 5 years old
Originally Posted by 8hourrule
ATP ride this week. About to puke so I know I am ready. Anybody take it lately?
06-19-2012, 08:13 AM
Gets Weekends Off
Joined APC: Sep 2009
Posts: 611
Comair future uncertain as Delta shuffles regional lift
Comair future uncertain as Delta shuffles regional lift
By: EDWARD RUSSELL WASHINGTON DC 03:12 18 Jun 2012
Plans at Delta Air Lines to reduce the number of 50-seater regional jets (RJs) that it contracts with regional airlines has raised fears that it might shut down its wholly-owned subsidiary Comair.
The Atlanta-based carrier is nearing the final stages of its previously announced reduction in the regional carrier's 50-seat Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 fleet to just 16 aircraft this August from 68 at the end of September 2010, when the drawdown was announced. Comair also operates 15 70-seat CRJ700 and 13 76-seat CRJ900 aircraft.
Delta says that Comair will have 16 CRJ200s, 15 CRJ700s and 13 CRJ900s in its fleet at the end of the year when the reductions are scheduled to be complete.
That fleet total for the end-of-the-year is now in question as a result of Delta's tentative labour agreement with its pilots, says multiple sources at Comair.
Delta wants to remove 218 50-seat RJs from its regional fleet for a total of 125 and add 70 76-seat jets by 2015 that would result in a reduction of the Delta Connection fleet to 450 aircraft, plus a few exceptions, from 608 at the end of March. It would also acquire 88 117-seat Boeing 717-200s from Southwest Airlines-subsidiary AirTran Airways under the same timeline, as an incentive to its pilots.
The plan is contingent on its Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)-represented pilots approving the agreement. Voting began on 15 June and is scheduled to end on 29 June.
Delta would swap out two 50-seat jets for every one 76-seat jet at its contract carriers under the plan, according to a negotiators' notepad on the agreement from ALPA last month.
These numbers have raised eyebrows. By a simple calculation, ALPA's 2:1 ratio only works if either the CRJ900s or the CRJ700s operated by Comair are included.
As the numbers stand currently, the swap between 50-seaters and 76-seaters would be closer to 3:1, based on the 218 and 70 numbers. However, if Comair's 28 CRJ700 and CRJ900s are added to the number of aircraft going to contract carriers, a ratio much closer to 2:1 is obtained.
"If [Comair's] 50-seaters are parked and either the CRJ900s or CRJ700s are used in two-for-one deal with other contract carriers, Comair could be unviable as a carrier," says a source at the regional airline. They note that Delta may need to offer incentives to contract carriers to reduce their 50-seater fleets.
The majority of the 50-seater fleet is contracted through 2017 or later.
Delta leased 12 CRJ700s that are owned by Comair to Trans States Airlines-owned GoJet through 2020 earlier this year. The carrier is known for having some of the lowest pilot costs per block hour among regional airlines.
ALPA would not comment on how it reached the two-for-one number.
The airline did not comment on its plans for Comair but says that it is too early to discuss fleet plans until after its pilots vote on the tentative agreement.
Comair future uncertain as Delta shuffles regional lift
By: EDWARD RUSSELL WASHINGTON DC 03:12 18 Jun 2012
Plans at Delta Air Lines to reduce the number of 50-seater regional jets (RJs) that it contracts with regional airlines has raised fears that it might shut down its wholly-owned subsidiary Comair.
The Atlanta-based carrier is nearing the final stages of its previously announced reduction in the regional carrier's 50-seat Bombardier CRJ100 and CRJ200 fleet to just 16 aircraft this August from 68 at the end of September 2010, when the drawdown was announced. Comair also operates 15 70-seat CRJ700 and 13 76-seat CRJ900 aircraft.
Delta says that Comair will have 16 CRJ200s, 15 CRJ700s and 13 CRJ900s in its fleet at the end of the year when the reductions are scheduled to be complete.
That fleet total for the end-of-the-year is now in question as a result of Delta's tentative labour agreement with its pilots, says multiple sources at Comair.
Delta wants to remove 218 50-seat RJs from its regional fleet for a total of 125 and add 70 76-seat jets by 2015 that would result in a reduction of the Delta Connection fleet to 450 aircraft, plus a few exceptions, from 608 at the end of March. It would also acquire 88 117-seat Boeing 717-200s from Southwest Airlines-subsidiary AirTran Airways under the same timeline, as an incentive to its pilots.
The plan is contingent on its Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA)-represented pilots approving the agreement. Voting began on 15 June and is scheduled to end on 29 June.
Delta would swap out two 50-seat jets for every one 76-seat jet at its contract carriers under the plan, according to a negotiators' notepad on the agreement from ALPA last month.
These numbers have raised eyebrows. By a simple calculation, ALPA's 2:1 ratio only works if either the CRJ900s or the CRJ700s operated by Comair are included.
As the numbers stand currently, the swap between 50-seaters and 76-seaters would be closer to 3:1, based on the 218 and 70 numbers. However, if Comair's 28 CRJ700 and CRJ900s are added to the number of aircraft going to contract carriers, a ratio much closer to 2:1 is obtained.
"If [Comair's] 50-seaters are parked and either the CRJ900s or CRJ700s are used in two-for-one deal with other contract carriers, Comair could be unviable as a carrier," says a source at the regional airline. They note that Delta may need to offer incentives to contract carriers to reduce their 50-seater fleets.
The majority of the 50-seater fleet is contracted through 2017 or later.
Delta leased 12 CRJ700s that are owned by Comair to Trans States Airlines-owned GoJet through 2020 earlier this year. The carrier is known for having some of the lowest pilot costs per block hour among regional airlines.
ALPA would not comment on how it reached the two-for-one number.
The airline did not comment on its plans for Comair but says that it is too early to discuss fleet plans until after its pilots vote on the tentative agreement.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
