Comair moving out of JFK and into DTW Sept 1st

[N813CA]

its offical

 

[enuffalready]

does comair have any other bases? or are they moving complete from JFK to DTW...

been a rough couple years for sure for CA....

 

[N813CA]

CVG and DTW will be it for now. Moveing the 70/90 into JFK and LGA but remaining a CVG base for now.

 

[JECKEL]

How are all those Florida guys going to commute to Detroit?

 

[WMUSIGPI]

How are all those Florida guys going to commute to Detroit?

On Spirit if they don't strike, Airtran or Delta. All fly from DTW to Florida.

 

[hockeypilot44]

How are all those Florida guys going to commute to Detroit?

DTW is Delta's second largest hub. They'll manage.

 

[johnsonrod]

Who will replace Comair at JFK? Who will provide the feed?

 

[superfreight208]

Pinnacle.

 

[wmuflyguy]

DTW is Delta's second largest hub. They'll manage.

Didn't sound like it would be nearly as easy, at least jetBlue served the Florida to NYC market.

Sounded like there was a fair amount of fNWA commuters form Florida (Source: NWA Fa on my commute) So there will be a bit of competition.

That is far from scientific though.

 

[wrigley23]

Didn't sound like it would be nearly as easy, at least jetBlue served the Florida to NYC market.

Sounded like there was a fair amount of fNWA commuters form Florida (Source: NWA Fa on my commute) So there will be a bit of competition.

That is far from scientific though.

Just another concerted effort by management and DS to lower costs by making as many senior pilots miserable enough to finally quit. What they don't understand is that the lifers will stay until the doors close, no matter how bad it gets. I'm sort of relieved because I don't have to compete with hundreds of JB guys for jumpseats everyday and I will not miss not making my commute home because Kennedy is ground-stopped 4 hours for a 10 knot crosswind

 

[altimaklr]

The JFK commuter terminal is a pitiful disgusting embarrassment for Delta. DTW (minus the DRE rampers) runs pretty smoothly and is a nice airport. It's a pretty good gain for the Comair pilots except the ones who live in NYC.

 

[titans10]

On Spirit if they don't strike, Airtran or Delta. All fly from DTW to Florida.

Good luck. It is already a bad commute.

 

[SiuDude]

Also, Mesaba practically moving into SLC and Skywest to MSP.

 

[slick1]

"Comair moving out of JFK and into DTW Sept 1st"
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It's like being punished twice for the same crime.

 

[DX Rick]

How are all those Florida guys going to commute to Detroit?

I think most of the Florida guys are pretty senior, maybe senior enough to hold CVG.

 

[JECKEL]

I think they could almost all hold CVG. The problem has been that they don't want to. JFK was an easier commute than CVG. Which will be easier now, CVG or DTW?

 

[N813CA]

guessing DTW. No flights out of CVG anymore

 

[DrewBlows]

"Comair moving out of JFK and into DTW Sept 1st"
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It's like being punished twice for the same crime.

I know you are joking, but DTW is about as good a base as you can get. It doesn't come to a grinding halt every time it sprinkles, has plenty of gates, and a lot of flights so chances are an easy commute.

I don't know what to tell you if you live in Florida. Every flight is full, everywhere.

 

[comrcap]

I know you are joking, but DTW is about as good a base as you can get. It doesn't come to a grinding halt every time it sprinkles, has plenty of gates, and a lot of flights so chances are an easy commute.

I don't know what to tell you if you live in Florida. Every flight is full, everywhere.

Remember, Bendoritis told us when they took away our travel benefits "You choose to live where you want, Freedom pilots had no problem getting to work" Really! I would say "You choose to base crews where you want, just don't expect us to go out of our way to accomodate your Base Du Jour every 3 friggin years" That commuter clause is going to bite you in the butt. Or you can give us the DELTA clause...miss the first one and you're pos space on the next one. But then we're not DELTA.

 

[captainv]

Remember, Bendoritis told us when they took away our travel benefits "You choose to live where you want, Freedom pilots had no problem getting to work" Really! I would say "You choose to base crews where you want, just don't expect us to go out of our way to accomodate your Base Du Jour every 3 friggin years" That commuter clause is going to bite you in the butt. Or you can give us the DELTA clause...miss the first one and you're pos space on the next one. But then we're not DELTA.

No, it won't. DTW will be my 4th base in less than 8 years, and none of the bases have suffered because of mass commuter clause calls, not even JFK. Calling in commuter costs us money, not them, so crews will do whatever is necessary to get there.