Comair to Furlough

[DX Rick]

300 pilots come September 1st.
Oh, Don't forget to pay your merger assesment fee.

 

[chjack]

is this the same comair, that just over a month ago needed 400 pilots?

 

[NZ pilot]

man, I guess I won't be getting a class date then:bawling:

 

[N1VIBS]

300 pilots come September 1st.
Oh, Don't forget to pay your merger assesment fee.

Source???

 

[atlcrashpad]

Source???

Source is FI.com...... watt else does ya need....
bouyyyyyyyyyy...

 

[flyboyike]

300 pilots come September 1st.

What happened to 160-240 by October?

 

[wmuflyguy]

300 pilots come September 1st.
Oh, Don't forget to pay your merger assesment fee.

No numbers have been announced.

 

[SBD]

300 pilots come September 1st.
Oh, Don't forget to pay your merger assesment fee.

300 is a little bit high. No info has come out yet. 100-150 is a more realistic number.

 

[standaman]

I talked to a new hire pilot going through training now a couple of days ago. Planning was saying we are about 160 pilots over what we need right now. I don't know if that has changed. Maybe with voluntary reductions we can trim that number to below 100 pilots.

Another way to look at it. If we fly 15 percent less than we are now in September. We have roughly 1450 pilots on property. 15 percent of 1450 is 220. Factor in attrition and voluntary leaves from the company and you get a number much less than 220. I remember the last time that we furloughed folks. It did not last more than 2 months before everybody was recalled.

Not the best of news right now. But not time to panic either.

We shall see

 

[flyboyike]

I wonder if they're going to try buyouts for the senior guys.

 

[JECKEL]

According to a LEC rep just yesterday, 03 July, the company has not release any numbers for a possible furlough.

Talks are planned to keep the numbers below 100 pilots.

 

[DX Rick]

According to a LEC rep just yesterday, 03 July, the company has not release any numbers for a possible furlough.

Talks are planned to keep the numbers below 100 pilots.

I thought 300 was a high number too. My friend flew with a rep when he got a phone call. 300 was the number told to this rep on July 2.
My buddy called me while the crew was together, so he relayed this info to me right infront of the rep.

I was in the crew room briefly and heard 300 tossed out there a couple of other times by other crew members.
I for one hope is doesn't happen. My parol officer said if I get furloughed, I have to return to the halfway house.

 

[SEVEN]

Comair Hiring First Officers

According to these 2 sites, Comair is currently hiring FO's.

http://www.jsfirm.com/companydetail.asp?jobid=19720

http://www.pilotjobs.com/default.lasso?t=Comair&page=airline&airline=24

 

[JECKEL]

Comair has suspended all hiring and there is only one new hire class which I believe starts next week.

Which begs the question, "If they are supposedly announcing furlough numbers, then why spend the money with another new hire class?"

 

[wmuflyguy]

Comair has suspended all hiring and there is only one new hire class which I believe starts next week.

Which begs the question, "If they are supposedly announcing furlough numbers, then why spend the money with another new hire class?"

Bid packet said all classes after June 30th ahd been canceled. I don't believe they have a class starting.

 

[TristarJS30]

My guess is they had already spent the money on the advertising and forgot to pull the ad from the site.

 

[CopilotDoug]

100-150 is a more realistic number.

Based on What?

 

[Mel Sharples]

Which begs the question, "If they are supposedly announcing furlough numbers, then why spend the money with another new hire class?"

Since when do airline management teams make decisions that make sense?

United just did the same thing. They told the new hires in class they would be furloughed by fall but they were going to train them anyway.

And then they wonder why they go bankrupt.

 

[SBD]

Based on What?

Just my personal opinion. So you know it's the truth because I posted it.

 

[CopilotDoug]

Just my personal opinion. So you know it's the truth because I posted it.

I was just curious if that was a figure from management. I'd figure if mangement gave you a number, to double it. Management doesn't need to create a bigger then necessary exodus by announcing accurate figures, so I figured they'd give a low ball figure to the pilot group