I believe the whole thread started about Comair, not the rest of the regionals. With that said, when Comair was bought by Delta, for pass benefit purposes, DAL and Comair were equal (S3 with 6 S2's a year). Now, with the merger, Comair is taken down a notch. Why was it not the other way around? Why did DAL not let Compass and Mesaba have S3 status and S2's? As far as someone saying that RJ's took away routes that were mainline, why did DAL not just go out and buy RJ's and fly them with their own pilots? Cost. It was cheaper to go out and get other carriers to do it. So, don't blame the regional carriers, blame your own wonderful Delta for those routes being given to regional carriers.

As for "making the move to mainline", I loved this wonderful line on the Compass website:
“Flow Up” to Mainline

"Compass Airlines has a flow through agreement with Delta and NWA.These mainline pilot opportunities must be offered to a qualifying Compass or Mesaba Airline Pilot before anyone else."


So much for Comair being considered an equal with the new DAL wholly owned regionals! No, we just get less and less, as Compass and Mesaba gain more and more.

 

Thanks to your elder brothers at Comair and the RJDC, Comair is exempt from the flow. They didn't want it, you didnt get it. Re: NWA LOA 06-10 and the RJDC lawsuit settlement.

IMHO a flow is not the way to go... I don't believe you get the best pilots that way. But thats for another thread.

 

LOL. Ok seriously its time to jump off the Delta bandwagon. You were hired at Delta in 2007. Hence your above post is completely humourous along with the majority of your other posts. Furloughed back in 2001 now too huh? haha. You have never had any affliation with Comair or Delta until recenty, but it looks as if your elders have trained you well in your short tenure. Oh yeah, hold back on your "training dept." stories... I've already "heard" them.

 

Truest post on this thread.

 

What is with this RJDC? Some kind of disease some Comair pilot gave to a bunch of Delta wives?

In 6 years at Comair I still don't know what it is/does/did, but it sounds like all the Delta guys on here know all about it.

My only exposure to RJDC was some propaganda on a bulletin board in the old CVG crew room, but it was written in lawyerese and I can't read that.

 

Being that we are less than a week away from the big non rev change I am surprised there has not been more whining here or FI.

 

All of the complaining and moaning is over on the Comair Updates thread. Believe me there's no shortage of it