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By Alexander Coolidge
Post staff reporter
Signals from the pilots union that it's ready to reopen negotiations with Delta Air Lines Inc. are raising concerns among some pilots working for the company's regional carriers, including Cincinnati-based Comair Inc.
Regional pilots this week sent an open letter to the head of the national union urging it to oversee Delta negotiations to ensure that their separate union pacts with Comair and Atlantic Southeast Airlines pilots don't become a "bargaining chip" in the talks with Delta pilots.
The regional pilots want to avoid losing any of their benefits just because Delta pilots are considering making concessions to help the financially troubled airline.
Comair and Atlantic Southeast are both wholly-owned regional subsidiaries of the Atlanta-based carrier. Different chapters of the Air Line Pilots Association represent pilots with the three related airlines under different contracts.
"We are keenly aware of how ALPA engaged in 'crisis' bargaining at US Airways," wrote pilots Kenneth Cooksey and Daniel Ford, referring to similar talks at another legacy airline struggling to avoid bankruptcy. "We therefore expect ALPA to take all necessary steps to ensure that its bargaining at Delta is conducted in a manner consistent with its obligations to the ASA and Comair pilots."
Last week, the Delta pilots' union said it had decided to jump-start talks to cut pilots salaries in an effort to help turn the airline around. The news came after five months of stalemate.
Cooksey and Ford are seeking several assurances, including that the union would remove any potential restrictions on growing Comair's and Atlantic Southeast's fleets and geographical operations.
Financially struggling Delta has actually grown its regional carriers' fleets as it shifted dozens of mainline routes to smaller planes to save money.
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By Alexander Coolidge
Post staff reporter
Signals from the pilots union that it's ready to reopen negotiations with Delta Air Lines Inc. are raising concerns among some pilots working for the company's regional carriers, including Cincinnati-based Comair Inc.
Regional pilots this week sent an open letter to the head of the national union urging it to oversee Delta negotiations to ensure that their separate union pacts with Comair and Atlantic Southeast Airlines pilots don't become a "bargaining chip" in the talks with Delta pilots.
The regional pilots want to avoid losing any of their benefits just because Delta pilots are considering making concessions to help the financially troubled airline.
Comair and Atlantic Southeast are both wholly-owned regional subsidiaries of the Atlanta-based carrier. Different chapters of the Air Line Pilots Association represent pilots with the three related airlines under different contracts.
"We are keenly aware of how ALPA engaged in 'crisis' bargaining at US Airways," wrote pilots Kenneth Cooksey and Daniel Ford, referring to similar talks at another legacy airline struggling to avoid bankruptcy. "We therefore expect ALPA to take all necessary steps to ensure that its bargaining at Delta is conducted in a manner consistent with its obligations to the ASA and Comair pilots."
Last week, the Delta pilots' union said it had decided to jump-start talks to cut pilots salaries in an effort to help turn the airline around. The news came after five months of stalemate.
Cooksey and Ford are seeking several assurances, including that the union would remove any potential restrictions on growing Comair's and Atlantic Southeast's fleets and geographical operations.
Financially struggling Delta has actually grown its regional carriers' fleets as it shifted dozens of mainline routes to smaller planes to save money.
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