92 more pilots on the street

[CX880]

They're alpa... I think that's why cmr has pref hiring with mesaba.

 

[DX Rick]

They're alpa... I think that's why cmr has pref hiring with mesaba.

Not because CMR management knows we're shutting down our doors and trying to help the pilots out?

 

[flyboyike]

Sources say that if DAL hires in the interim while Comair has furloughed pilots, that Comair pilots will be allowed to interview and be hired at DAL without giving up their furloughed spot at Comair. DAL pilots realize that the pilots being furloughed at Comair had nothing to do with the vindictive and nearsighted pilots at Comair post 9/11.

Even if that's true (which I doubt), what if Delta doesn't hire in the interim?

 

[Andy Neill]

Even if that's true (which I doubt), what if Delta doesn't hire in the interim?

I think you may have missed the tongue-in-cheek tone of the post which posts 6 and 7 did not.

 

[fowingman]

comair doesn't have any sort of preferential hiring with Mesaba, nor does xjet. i can tell you with 100% confidence they do not. Thats a agreement that that two alpa's made. HR & flight ops dictates who mesaba hires, and i know for certain no agreement exists that HR recognizes!! 110% positive!.

the 900's that xj is getting are the freedom crj-900's and they were already on property with them, as well as the ones slated for delivery.

 

[DX Rick]

the 900's that xj is getting are the freedom crj-900's and they were already on property with them, as well as the ones slated for delivery.

You are correct. But Comair's VP of Ops sent out an email stating we'd get 14 more 900's, followed by a new bid.
Then a week or two later came out with another email stating that the bid had been cancelled because those airplanes were redirected to Mesaba.
They never touched the property here, but they had planned for them to come here....for a week or two.

 

[imacdog]

Comair management has never been good at treating its employees like actual people.

 

[TristarJS30]

You are correct. But Comair's VP of Ops sent out an email stating we'd get 14 more 900's, followed by a new bid.
Then a week or two later came out with another email stating that the bid had been cancelled because those airplanes were redirected to Mesaba.
They never touched the property here, but they had planned for them to come here....for a week or two.

Don't forget the 14th CRJ900 that was originally promised to us in April of 2007 by Delta that was yanked from us a few weeks ago to go over to Mesaba.

 

[Grinder10]

The 14 or 15 -900's that were to come to Comair, were redirected to Mesaba. Not sure if they're ALPA or not.

It's a crappy situation for Comair, but you should know better than to believe a rumor about new airplanes until they are sitting at your gate. You can't lose something that you never had.

 

[DX Rick]

It's a crappy situation for Comair, but you should know better than to believe a rumor about new airplanes until they are sitting at your gate. You can't lose something that you never had.

It's one thing to tell us they're coming on property.
It's another when they send out a new bid for these airplanes.