Cincinnati Enquirer - Should I move to JFK
03-22-2009 | 08:37 AM
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Cincinnati Enquirer - Should I move to JFK
03-22-2009 | 02:56 PM
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No. It is an increase in flying in managements eyes, but it is still less flying than we had. Notice how the article didn't say that we had 1400 pilots, but that we had 1100 pilots. We currently have pilots that took Early Retirements that want to leave, but the company won't even recall a few furloughs and let them go.
03-22-2009 | 04:46 PM
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BlueMoon I completely agree. Just ask the folks at Air Wisconsin. Or even Eagle when they closed down BOS this fall and moved a bunch of people around by getting rid of some airplanes.
03-22-2009 | 04:58 PM
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ASA also closed SLC and Dallas, and they moved crew to LAX for like 3 months then shut down the base. It sucks, you just have to deal.
03-22-2009 | 05:32 PM
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It's happened here at Mesaba as well. The Saab bases that used to be in RHI and CWA and the Avro base in CVG (since the other Avro bases were eventually replaced with the CR9 I'll let those go for now....) Heck the Saab stuff was simply becasue the mechanics were in negotiations......
03-22-2009 | 06:33 PM
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This "additional flying" means less of a decrease, so they're spinning it as an increase. They have said no new pilot furloughs will be required through September.
Of course, that begs the question: "what happens in September?"
Funny how Freedom can't do the job so they uproot 15-year Comair guys and send them to JFnK with the sympathy line "we understand completely if you decide Comair may not be the right company for you any more"
They tell us that all of DCI's regionals are hurting right now. Right. Are any of them looking at one third of their pilots on furlough and 10 years seniority to stay in the left seat?
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03-22-2009 | 06:44 PM
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What are you talking about?
Who says an additional 200 furloughs?
As you said "what happens in September?"...is quite the question...
While i don't put it past Comair to furlough into the current captains, we don't know what's going to happen.
Don't get everyone's panty hose bunched up by saying "200 furloughs" like it's a certainty, people will run with it and pretty soon they'll be quitting because they think they're gonna get furloughed in sep.......on second hand...
This just in..Comair to furlough all but 4 pilots.....12/2/78 seniority date required to hold CVG 50 FO!
Who says an additional 200 furloughs?
As you said "what happens in September?"...is quite the question...
While i don't put it past Comair to furlough into the current captains, we don't know what's going to happen.
Don't get everyone's panty hose bunched up by saying "200 furloughs" like it's a certainty, people will run with it and pretty soon they'll be quitting because they think they're gonna get furloughed in sep.......on second hand...
This just in..Comair to furlough all but 4 pilots.....12/2/78 seniority date required to hold CVG 50 FO!
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