got a call to interview with mesaba...5 years to make what i have made in 2... just wonder what other comair pilots are thinking...give up the number and start again or will comair make a come back again...just want other opinions.

 

At the moment, it seems Mesaba is the golden child. It will change eventually though. Just how far you get before that change is what is unknown. Why would Mesaba make you give up your number at Comair?

 

My Opinion Is I Would Enjoy Time Off And I Put Money On This Company And I Would Hold Out For COMAIR And Take A Recall In A Few Months... They Will Make A Big Comeback They Are Going To Be Growing Like Crazy.

 

C'mon brotha, you're aware its' not prudent to inhale a few times then post hallucinative dreams....lol!

 

I'm in the same boat... I just got the call to interview yesterday... Not sure what to do. It is a hard thought for me to give up almost a year and a half of seniority and be based away from my home (CVG).... What to do... what to do...?

 

I'm in the same situation TAILSKID. Things are looking pretty crappy at COMAIR. MESABA seems to have what DELTA wants from a regional: turboprops and 90 seaters...I guess at MESABA I can upgrade this century, get PIC, and move on..

 

Move on to where? Almost no one is hiring.

 

They will be eventually. Age 65 hurt any forward progress in this business for another 4 years. After that the flood gates will open. Before age 65 was passed CAL, NWA, USair East, and AA all had more than 50% of their pilot groups retiring in the next 10 years. So 4 years from now that will be true again.

Very hard decision for all of you guys at comair. I know a few of my friends who are furloughed have already been hired and are struggling with the same decision. I say if you were hired at comair within the last year and have the chance to go to Mesaba go. Mesaba's payrate are not good right now but they have snap back provisions in the contract that start to raise the pay to pre bankruptcy levels next year. So by the time you are on 2nd year pay it will be much better than it is right now.

Now if you were hired a year and a half ago it much harder to leave just because of the sheer amount of hiring comair was doing last year. Your seniority is much greater than the guys who only got hired in the last few months. We were running classes of 20 a week for a while so its much harder for you guys to leave. I dont want to be in your situation but maybe its for the better. Comair could easily be gone in a few months or hiring again. Who knows?

 

Well then how does he have an interview?!

 

I can't believe you guys are even asking this question. Even if you have one year of seniority at CMR, and say you WOULD get re-called, your QOL would be the same crap that it was when you left. Unless you have been at CMR for 15+ years there would be no reason to come back. That's just my opinion, but the choice is yours.