Comair Hiring

[JonnyKnoxville]

I have been hearing the same sort of rumors around Comair as of late. Hiring will pick up but the company has not really said why. Attrition would have to be slowing down with age 65 and no airlines hiring. Something is certainly going on behind the scenes at comair.

June bid packet says hiring going on for attrition and POSSIBLE growth. How does a company hire for POSSIBLE growth? They just feel that they might want to grow so they hire. WTF??

If I had to guess, I would bet ASA and Comair are filling in where Freedom will be forced out. I believe Delta may own the CRJ-900s that Freedom flies and I could see those being reassigned to us, but this is just me guessing.

 

[wrigley23]

actually, we're not "getting" 7 more airframes. We're just not losing as many as previously announced. Soaper might call that growth, but I don't.

but hey, i'll take good news anywhere I can, seeing as how CMR is 1/3rd smaller than it was a few years ago.

My sentiments exactly, growth is a garbage word. Until Comair starts adding airframes on top of the 2003 number (175+), growth should never be confused with recovery. Losing 60-70 aircraft due to bankruptcy and other regional vultures is a huge loss. Yeah a few planes stay at Comair here and there, woopteedoo. Randy, Fred, Don and now John have done nothing short of driving this puppy straight into a shallow and suffocating grave. Well done gentlemen.