Still have yet to receive a letter regarding our benefits during this ridiculous furlough. Does anyone know if we are going to be able to keep our flying privileges past the 30 days? I understand that the last furlough the allowed everyone to keep them. Any Ideas?

As of now your pass privileges are only good for 30 days after your furlough. Your health insurance is good through the month after your furlough date. For example, if you're furloughed Oct. 5th your health insurance is good until Nov. 30th.

I haven't checked eMaestro in almost a week, and when I do, it's down!!! What the hell?

Yeah, the rumor mill is working at comair i guess... just heard this in cvg today

Lost of rumors at comair right now. I hope this one is true. As anyone heard any reasoning behind this rumor?

I hope it is true, but they are just Rumors!! If it would be true they would have started canceling some of the downgrades. Also, we lost 900 hours on the 50 in CVG in November. Freedom is all over the place here and is picking up more flying next month, along with Pinnacle. I think this rumor would only hold true if we would see some kind of huge increase in flying or more airframes.

No increase in flying whatsoever. As of right now I was told we are at 63 airframes and the model stays that way into 09', so no airframes either. I was told that there is mitigation on the furlough's with flex schedules, cola's, voluntary furough's etc... So if anything there might be an extension but unfortunately the furloughs are still happening.
The news is there is no news and Comair is pretty much at idle with the consesus being wait and see at the time of merger for DAL and NWA.

In case you don't check your company email, this morning they sent out an email saying all furloughed pilots will receive nonrev pass benefits on Comair and Delta for the duration of the furlough.

That is a heck of a lot better than anyone got last time this happened.