comair pilots

[wannab0133]

i have an interview with comair and im curious to know what you guys think about living in cincinnatti. also, you guys suggest coming to comair?

 

[OH_PILOT]

I commute to Cincinnati, though I am in the minority. Hiring has slowed down at Comair due to lack of growth. The Comair pilots refused to take a pay cut at the end of last year, so the projection is that no new growth will be coming to Comair anytime soon, but as things change quick in this industry. Despite this Comair is making 40 million a quarter, so Delta is only punishing themselves by not allowing Comair to grow.
Comair flies all throughout the United States, on one rotation you can fly from Cincinnati to the South then off to mountains of Salt Lake and Montana, then off to the Pacific Ocean in Seattle or Santa Barbara before heading back to Cincinnati.
Comair offeres the highest pay, best work rules and best travel benefits of any other regional carrier.

 

[captainv]

>you guys suggest coming to comair?


i'd suggest getting offers from every airline you can, then picking what you believe is the best choice for you. Comair is a great place to work for a lot of people, but it depends on what you want...

i'd worry more about where to go when more than one airline has invited you to join their ranks...

 

[DDpaysoff]

If you are going to be stuck at a regional for a few years, this in my opinion is the best place to be. You don't have to live in cincinnati though, I only go there to check my mailbox and sign in/out for my trip. I barely see the place anymore and by the looks of things I will be seeing less and less of it. Interview for the job, not the city.

 

[KingAirKiddo]

I agree with the others...

Just out of curiosity, when is the interview? I wasn't even aware that we were still interviewing...

Best of luck to you. It's a great place to be, despite the slowing growth and whipsaw against the other carriers.

 

[BoilerUP]

Cost of living in northern Kentucky near the airport is fairly reasonable, and there is both Erlanger and Hebron within about 10 minutes of the airport. I would assume its slightly more expensive if you cross the river...besides, who would WANT to live in Ohio?

Its been 18 months since I visited their training center, but there were a TON of crashpad fliers around the place. Cincy is a fun, decent-sized Midwest city with plenty of stuff to do. Chicago or New York it is not, but certainly not a bad place to be.

Good luck with your interview!

 

[JetPilot_Mike]

Cost of living in northern Kentucky near the airport is fairly reasonable, and there is both Erlanger and Hebron within about 10 minutes of the airport. I would assume its slightly more expensive if you cross the river...besides, who would WANT to live in Ohio?

Its been 18 months since I visited their training center, but there were a TON of crashpad fliers around the place. Cincy is a fun, decent-sized Midwest city with plenty of stuff to do. Chicago or New York it is not, but certainly not a bad place to be.

Good luck with your interview!

I'll take Ohio anyday over Kentucky. Cincy is a boring city, but you can always find something to kill some time. As long as you dont live too far away, or in Florida, commuting to CVG isn't too bad, even if on reserve. There are plenty of crashpads available, or resonable apartments close to the city. You can live in some of the Comair slums, as I like to call the apartments dominated by employees.

 

[Lequip]

Go Elsewhere unless you want to be a career FO. It's all about getting to the left seat.

 

[N2264J]

...Comair is making 40 million a quarter, so Delta is only punishing themselves by not allowing Comair to grow.

As George Hopkins said at one of our rallys, "You have to believe that management is rational or there's no sense going on strike."

DCI and Comair are running up against the mainline scope clause limits put in place by our own union. That last 45 planes awarded should just about do it. So we have the situation where the mainline labor agreement is restricting a profitable company division which is good for no one in the corporation including the Delta pilots.