Comair Pilots Drew the Line

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Email from Comair MEC
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October 1, 2006.

This message contains a very important update regarding this weekend’s negotiations.

Your MEC sent the negotiating team back to Washington DC yesterday (Saturday), in an attempt to reach a fair and equitable, consensual deal. It is now Sunday afternoon, and the negotiating team is headed home without agreement between the parties. This weekend ALPA modified our position to be even more competitive. Management again failed to accept such terms. Instead, they insist on imposing terms similar to what you have been previously provided. Although the company did modify their proposal very slightly, it was not enough to make a difference. Your MEC simply cannot accept any agreement that places our First Officers on food stamps. Under the company’s proposal, some First Officer’s would take as much as a 22% pay cut. Your MEC believes that this is unacceptable. Furthermore, the company proposal removes all semblance of a retirement plan, the concept for which we fought so hard to achieve five years ago. Management continues to fail to secure even one Comair employee’s job after date of signing. The terms that management requests remain unacceptable.

Despite what management may say, they have made the decisions which we face today. More than a year ago management, without any input from ALPA, decided on an unsubstantiated cost target. An overreaching cost target which they have tried to impose upon all labor groups at our airline. To date, no labor group has been able to accept such terms. The industry, and our company, is much healthier than it was one year ago. Management refuses to accept this fact. Only when management becomes realistic, will we reach agreement. The company’s attempt to slash its employee’s ability to provide for their families’ security will not be agreed to by your MEC.

Your MEC does not know what moves management may now attempt. Management will continue to try to scare you by threatening your career, in fact, that is all they have done at the bargaining table. With not one job secure, we simply cannot accept slashing our agreement to simply shrink into oblivion.

Your MEC remains available to management should they decide to continue bargaining. If and when this occurs we will inform you immediately.

 

[bvt1151]

Now will the back stabbing continue as other lower-paid carriers take our aircraft, and offer to hire our furloughs below Comair's offered rates?

 

[AvroJockey]

Now will the back stabbing continue as other lower-paid carriers take our aircraft, and offer to hire our furloughs below Comair's offered rates?

Single senoirity list? Doesn't sound like such a bad idea now does it!

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Now will the back stabbing continue as other lower-paid carriers take our aircraft, and offer to hire our furloughs below Comair's offered rates?

Sort of the same way cmr offered employment for furloughed DL pilots while they expanded and grew at an explosive rate while DL furloughed?? What goes around comes around!

 

[VeeOne]

Sincerely wishing the Comair family the best- You've got my support and the support of many other regional pilots. My company (ASA), and so many others are going to be staring down the same barrel over the next few months. Oh well......Game On.

 

[B727FA]

The DL pilots scoffed at OH and all the rest...until they were hungry enough to work for "regional" wages. It does suck, but thankfully the unions at OH and the FA's at NWA have (finally) drawn the line in the sand. At least I can say, NOT ONE CONTRACT at RAH has given ANYTHING back for growth or stability. The OH crews caved early on for promised growth (did they really think MGT would come through?)...but now, at least, they're holding firm. I'm behind them 110%!

 

[wmuflyguy]

Sort of the same way cmr offered employment for furloughed DL pilots while they expanded and grew at an explosive rate while DL furloughed?? What goes around comes around!

Unfortunatly the people who will be furloughed weren't here then and had nothing to do with that.

 

[VeeOne]

Sort of the same way cmr offered employment for furloughed DL pilots while they expanded and grew at an explosive rate while DL furloughed?? What goes around comes around!

Yea, but didn't many at Delta stand completely opposed the a single seniority list between Delta, Comair, and Atlantic Southeast Airlines. You forced the downsizing on yourself. Oh, and one more thing, the Comair pilots didn't allocate aircraft- thank Leo for that. As the saying goes "don't hate the player, hate the game". I'm not even a Comair pilot and your statement pi$$ed me off.

 

[Dr.Hwang]

Wish you guys the best!

 

[bvt1151]

.but now, at least, they're holding firm. I'm behind them 110%!

Of course you are. You'll get our aircraft.