It has to be sent Certified and Return Receipt to ensure you received it.

 

Seems like there going to be a change for non-union employees regarding vacation and sick time. Supposedly it will mirror Delta's policies. I think they need to get rid of JS and just have Richard and Ed run the place...jeez!

 

Sorry you are getting furloughed; I hope it will not be for a long time. Comair is required to send you a letter by certified mail to inform you of the furlough per the contract, so I don’t think they are wasting any money doing so. Best of luck to you and hope to see you back very soon. I think MESA will be gone soon and we will get our flying back.

 

I am Nov. 5th. It was certified mail so I had to sign for it and that's why it was so expensive. They just want to make sure we get the message. Between the phone call, epic and the letter I think I understand. The letter says " you are important to the company," haha! They are putting a lot of work into letting me know I'll soon be out of work!

 

Ha, if that's your light at the end of the tunnel then I'm sorry.

We haven't flown more than 5 airplanes for Delta in the past 3 months. Those 5 airplanes aren't the reason your getting furloghed.

When are you guys going to acknowledge the real reason your being screwed? Delta.

I know, don't bite the hand that feeds you, but if you remember correctly we all used to fly for Delta. Plenty of flying for everyone.

Sorry to all of you regarding the furloughs. Unfourtunately, seems to be the way of the regionals these days (us included). Good luck to you guys.

 

If I wanted you to fix it, i would have said "hey cessna157 please fix this". I was basically asking a question is all.

 

Just ignore him, he is not too bright...

As much as I hate to agree with paxhauler85, he is right, though. A lot of people think (myself included not too long ago), that IF Mesa would go under we would get a bunch of flying, more airplanes, hire more pilots. You have to remember that Delta has other regional carriers and contractual obligations with them, which means they would be the first in line to get the flying and airplanes to fulfill their contract, and we have all seen what happens when they break the contract. As much as it sucks, we are just here as a "reserve", because we are owned by Delta. They can give us and take away as much flying as they want. Lately I have been debating if I should be optimistic and hope this place will turn around, or if I should just accept the fact that Comair is going down the drain and eventually be liquidated by Delta. I am leaning towards the latter.

I think with the closure of Concourse C and all the cutbacks in flying in CVG, not only Comair but also mainline, it is only a sign of things to come once the merger is complete. As much as I hate to speculate, but I see Cincinnati become a ''focus city" for Delta, just like Boston. I doubt they will close down Cincinnati all together, but I could see CVG close as a Delta crew domicile.

Also, I have been curious as to what they are doing in the employee parking lot in CVG. I have heard it is suppose to become an overflow parking lot for rental cars in the middle, while the outside circle will remain employee parking. True?

 

that is what i heard from one of the airport cops.

 

FACT. You are correct. The center part will be fenced in overflow parking for rental cars, currently they are supposedly wasting too much gas and time shuttling cars from CVG to holding lots in Columbus and Indy. We will only be able to park in the area currently allotted to us now.

 

See, I have some doubts about that. There is a thing called single carrier that prevents the MEC from "negotiating" with Delta because to maintain a seperate operating certificate, Delta is not allowed to negotiate with the MEC. Period. I don't believe that Delta would ever meet with the MEC, because they would not have put themselves in a dangerous place like that. That could cost them Comair's operating certificate and it would not happen.

At the same time, I wonder why the company was able to negotiate with the FA's for voluntary leaves but not the pilots? There are a couple logical reasons that the IBT could get a deal done and the MEC could not...but one is not because the company refused to negotiate with ALPA but was happy to talk to IBT. And how come during this whole time period when the company was supposedly ignoring these proposals, the union did not say anything to us about it? How come they put out something saying e-crappo was a more pressing issue than furloughs? All I am saying is it doesn't smell right to me. I think everyone on both sides is full of it.