CharlieBravo

So you dont want to move here because you would slip up and start a family? Wasnt there just some discussion on the talent in KY...

Paok

I wouldnt want to get comfortable out there when I know there arent any jobs to move up to in CVG (dal aside)..... a lot more options to just stay here in the NE and tough it out..... ps I am not starting a family til I have that damn senority number at the majors......

CharlieBravo

no worries... just playing

SuperPilotJesse

Okay, here's a dumb question. I live in California so when I tell people I know that I am going to be working for Comair they stare at me blankly. So then I go into a description about them and their relation to Delta.

My Question
Is it unacceptable to just say Delta or Delta Connection, primarily to my friends/family who know nothing about aviation?

Speedbird172

Haha most people outside this industry see Delta on the side of the plane and take for granted it's Delta. I usually say Comair and that we fly for Delta when trying to explain to family/friends. I'm sure everyone at the regionals has the same issue having to explain who they fly for.

cyrcadian

My response to "who do you fly for?" varies depending on who and how they ask the question. Most people are making small talk and really don't care, so I just say Delta Connection and move on. If they seem like they care or their head won't explode as a result of hearing the explanation, I say Comair and provide more detail if needed.

Big Foot

The best is when you tell people that you cork for Comair, and they say "oh so you fly prisoners like in the movie"

SuperPilotJesse

Yeah they mentioned that in the interview as well as the one where people say "oh so you make hair dryers?'

I'd like to avoid all of that.

Jeffdh17

SuperPilotJesse,

I have been reading these forums for 2 years, one of which has been spent at Comair, and have resisted the urge to respond or make one single post. Your delima, regarding where to base yourself has forced me out of hiding. My experience in NY has been horrible. I thought it would be cool, I'll see the city, I'll tell everyone I work in NY and have a place there. On top of that I thought I would fly airplanes and make money. None of those things were true. Sitting in a crashpad with no money because you never fly, and riding the bus 40 mins. to work just to sit 6 ready reserves a month, from the so called "nice area" (key gardens) is not my idea of cool.
There are those who say they love New York, and hate Cincinnati. There are 3 possible reasons as to why this is:

1). Crack Cocaine is more readily available in NY
2). They can afford to live in lower Manhattan due to winning the lotto (I say lower because its the only reasonable commute).
3). They have reason to avoid managers in Cinci, i.e., drinking/drug problem.

Today is my last day here (transferring to CINCI), and I feel like I'm being let out of prison.

If you must ignore the warnings your fellow pilots are heeding, then I must insist that you do not under any circumstances commute to this God forsaken land they call NY. Living in base is your only hope of a life here and even with that your life will be marginal at best.

"Getting Pilots out of NY one Reservist at a time"

H46Bubba

I just tell people I work for Delta Airlines. I'm from SoCal as well. Having been in the Navy for 7 years and working for DCA and Comair in MCO, then Mesa in PHX, then coming back to Comair, all the moving around has made living in Erlanger okay. We don't plan on making Kentucky a permanant thing, but it works for us know. When the kids get older we'll jump ship to somewhere else.