Diver thats great bud!!! LOL!!!! Was fun flying with ya. Good luck at Mesaba, wish you the best!

Thanks bro, I had fun flyin with ya as well. Maybe we'll get to do it again when we are both at FedEx.

Talked with one of the many pilots that took jobs on the ramp in hopes of getting a chance to transfer to flight ops.

A certain pilot recruiter told him to go elsewhere and to spread the word, Things look very bleak for this company. Anyone know if they emptied the hiring pool?

He also said to try Mesaba, Pinnacle and Compass. It does not matter about Mesa, Delta has already made plans for that flying. United?? Delta is starting to give Comair crap about that. Comair, I'm afraid, is done.

I hope not.

I encourage everyone to watch this video and then to seek other employment. These folks didn't get much warning. We have had at least 3 years of warning.

YouTube - Independence Air - Final Flight 2006

I haven't heard anything from AW about the status of the pool since his last email, which was like a month ago. I had to email him a couple times to get a response and he finally said that they will keep the pool until recalls begin and the need to fill classes arises. Well obviously that's not gonna be tomorrow is it. I'm scared to email him again due to the recent news but I would think that you can only keep a pool for so long before at least re-interviewing. I'm not counting on ever getting called anyway and currently updating and sending out the ol' resume every time I fly.

Any of the old dudes at comair know if they have ever had a pool so long that they have had to cancel it or re-interview or whatever? Just curious.

Just a note as well: I'm not trying to be selfish by thinking of the hiring pool and hoping I'll get a job while people are losing theirs. I was very sad to hear that there could likely be another round of furlough's. Not because of my status in the pool but because of the baby and wife my brother is trying to take care of on 2nd yr comair pay. He'll be one of the first ones to go in the next round.

Been reading this thread since I thought I was hired in June, and it's almost been like torture reading some of the crap that has happened. All I can say is I hope everyone has a backup plan and I wish everyone the best in these crappy times.

CM!!! You should be down here with triple O G and I relaxing and at homecoming forgetting about work!!

Does anyone know where Vlad went?

Looks like it will be 120 pilot furloughs starting in Jan. according to company email sent out today.

Up to 120 pilot furloughs: Downgrades and furloughs will begin in January and wrap up during the first quarter of 2009

Flight attendant part-time bid for January now open: The number of furloughs will be directly tied to how many flight attendants opt for part-time status. (For example, we currently have 150 part-time flight attendants. If the current bid nets similar numbers, we anticipate up to 40 flight attendant furloughs in February. More part-time flight attendants would mean fewer furloughs, and vice versa.)

vlad went to crew scheduling due to family issues.