Comair MEC resolution

[ATRCA]

The flow-thru here at Calex is dead for now. I personally am glad to see it go. Our flow thru is at a one to three ratio. So if your number 2000 on the Express list, than CAL has to hire 6000 pilots to get to you. In the mean time your position at CALEX is basically being held for a CAL pilot in the event CAL reduces its force. NOT A GOOD DEAL!

I would personally rather handle my own career progression and not have an agreement that gives my job to a pilot who has never worked for my company while I go home and wait for his company to recall him. NO THANKS.

If you want to work for a major than go ahead and except the fact that you will be on the bottom of their list. You have no right to be on the top of my list if your company decides it no longer needs your services.

Now if you would like to offer me a position on your list, than maybee we could discuss this. Otherwise take a hike, and I'll interview and obtain my job the way everyone else did and except the fact thay my new position is a precarious one.

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

FlyCOmairJets,

We have had our differences, but please allow me to add my thanks for your contribution to our furloughed pilot fund. I have no needed to avail myself of a loan from it yet, but it is nice to know it is there, and it has helped many of my fellow furloughees.

Even though we disagree on many things, you have my gratitude for your generosity.

Thanks.

 

[FlyComAirJets]

FlyDeltasJets,

It may be a surprise but hopefully not a big one because we are all in the same boat. Where that boat is headed seems to be the bone of contention.

Getting the furloughees back in the air should be OUR union's number one priority.

Keeping the dogs from the furloughees' door should be each working pilot's moral obligation.

Whatever you do, don't be silent. Don't be out of sight, out of mind. That is the power of the internet, it makes sure that everyone's voice is heard.

 

[skydiverdriver]

LAPD Airship says:

If guys want to fly CRJs for the rest of their lives at Comair...fine. I don't. All jet aircraft, seat numbers notwithstanding, should be flown by mainline carriers with mainline work rules and pay scales, period.

.....Isn't this a contradictory statement? Should Comair pilots stay at Comair, making mainline wages with mainline work rules? Isn't that what we are fighting for?

 

[LAPD Airship]

LAPDAirship

You speak of the Flow Through Agreement in the present tense, in fact, hasn't it been terminated by management?

Nope. Not yet.

 

[LAPD Airship]

LAPD Airship says:

If guys want to fly CRJs for the rest of their lives at Comair...fine. I don't. All jet aircraft, seat numbers notwithstanding, should be flown by mainline carriers with mainline work rules and pay scales, period.

.....Isn't this a contradictory statement? Should Comair pilots stay at Comair, making mainline wages with mainline work rules? Isn't that what we are fighting for?

No, it's not contradictory at all. As long as you fly along with Delta Connection on the side of you airplane, it does not make it Delta Airlines. You have one aircraft type as we will soon, and that does not include Boeing or Airbus in the name. You have one base (for the most part) and do not do any other flying than that dictated by Delta.

When the day comes that the Connection is taken off your plane and Express off mine, and we can bid whatever aircraft our carrier flies, then that is called a major.

 

[FlyDeltasJets]

Whatever you do, don't be silent. Don't be out of sight, out of mind. That is the power of the internet, it makes sure that everyone's voice is heard.

Uh, I don't think that's going to be a problme for me!