Comair says Displacement Bid is Off

[Dirt Doctor]

Any Comair people care to speculate on what's going on?

 

[Tarzan]

I heard OO had purchased Comair for the assets and would be laying off the entire work force. Big announcement after the merger has been completed.

I figure enough doom and gloom that I could pile on and nobody would notice.

 

[Hovernut]

Sorry to burst your bubble ASSCARPE! No one to clean your pool, now ;(

From Director of Crew Planning:

Due to the ongoing volatility of the fall flight schedule, we are postponing the Pilot
Displacement Bid 2008-05. The bid that closed on July 28th will be cancelled and another bid
will be released in the future. We will also update the number of pilot furloughs next week.

The change in our block hours from September through the end of the year is another example of
the fluid environment we’re in. We must prepare ourselves the best we can for these schedule
fluctuations to continue, especially since Comair’s ability to adapt to these adjustments is
incredibly valuable in our partnership with Delta.

We recognize the importance of open communication, especially when changes affect the lives
of our crewmembers. Additional information will be shared as soon as the details are finalized.

....and the saga continues...

 

[agonyairfo]

Rule # 3 of airline management.

Anything we say is going to happen (good or bad) will only happen to half the degree and will take twice as long to take place (if it happens at all.)


This applies to everything: deadlines, furloughs, a/c deliveries, etc.

 

[centralpilot]

Rule # 3 of airline management.

Anything we say is going to happen (good or bad) will only happen to half the degree and will take twice as long to take place (if it happens at all.)


This applies to everything: deadlines, furloughs, a/c deliveries, etc.

This is one of the truest things I've read on this board in some time.

 

[JonnyKnoxville]

Any Comair people care to speculate on what's going on?

I did not see this one coming so I feel obligated as a Flight Info expert to take a stab in the dark at it.

So here we go...

10) Management dragging their feet on our reduction because the Freedom case will be wrapped up quicker than expected.


9) Richard Anderson read flight info and saw what an azz-clown acarpe is and simultaneously down-graded him to lav-cart duty while blocking Comair's demise.


8) Everyone in the General Offices takes their guidance from a drunken chipanzee named rocky.


7) Soaper is really schizophrenic and today was a "goood daay" so he cut the pilots a break.


6) Delta liked flying RJs at $140 dollars per a barrel but they LOVE THEM at $120 per a barrel. They are a damn bargain!


5) Chuck Norris just bought Comair and will begin to take over the world. Look out Southwest, FedEx and UPS (khaki shorts and cargo doors...here we come)!


4) We needed to keep the extra pilots to staff the direct flights to Lubbock for General Lee. He has vacation time coming up. Time to take the old lady out and do it right!


3) When I woke up this morning, I rolled over and asked J.O.'s daughter to talk to her daddy about dropping the suit against Delta...Guess it worked.


2) ATLCrashpad just bought us and we need pilots to go head-to-head in a gang war against Airtran. Datz Riite Booouuuyyy!


1) Tomorrow management will reissue the furlough, this time for 1000 pilots....After all it is Comair.

 

[flyboyike]

1) Tomorrow management will reissue the furlough, this time for 1000 pilots....After all it is Comair.

That's my suspicion also.

 

[flyboyike]

The change in our block hours from September through the end of the year is another example of
the fluid environment we’re in. We must prepare ourselves the best we can for these schedule
fluctuations to continue, especially since Comair’s ability to adapt to these adjustments is
incredibly valuable in our partnership with Delta.

What does that mean? Is he saying the hours are increasing or decreasing even more?

 

[JonnyKnoxville]

What does that mean? Is he saying the hours are increasing or decreasing even more?

I would guess that we are having less hours cut (Comair defines this as GROWTH) but there is no announcement yet.

 

[SennaP1]

Rule # 3 of airline management.

Anything we say is going to happen (good or bad) will only happen to half the degree and will take twice as long to take place (if it happens at all.)


This applies to everything: deadlines, furloughs, a/c deliveries, etc.

Thats good stuff.

Good luck to you guys at Comair.

 

[tcrj50]

It probably has to do with this:

"Earlier this week, Republic Airways
Holdings, the Indianapolis-based
parent of Chautauqua Airlines,
Republic Airlines and Shuttle America,
said it will accelerate its schedule to
eliminate the small, 37-seat jet used
to carry passengers for Delta Air
Lines.
The 11 remaining Embraer E135
aircraft will be removed from service
by September 30, instead of being
phased out at the rate of two a month
from November until April 2009.
Republic also announced it will
likely cut maintenance staff at its
Louisville operation as part of a
systemwide reduction in staff that was
announced in July.
In other Delta Connection
news, ExpressJet Airlines recently
announced it will stop flying Delta
Connection routes beginning
September 1. At the same time,
ExpressJet will cease its branded
commercial passenger flight
operations on September 2. However,
it will continue flying as a Continental​

Express partner."
This was posted in the latest FasTracks, which came out today.

 

[JECKEL]

I heard earlier this week that what little slack would be left after Chautauqua pulled back out of CVG would be picked up by Freedom.

 

[pdub20s]

I heard earlier this week that what little slack would be left after Chautauqua pulled back out of CVG would be picked up by Freedom.

Correct me if im wrong.. But the CVG base for CHQ was all EMB 135/145. Im not sure the number of A/C but I know it was A LOT. At least 30-40 Embraers for their CVG base.

We(Freedom) are only flying 25 out of the 27 ERJs left. And thats split between both Bases(JFK,CVG). So there is a lot of slack that needs to be picked up from the CHQ reduction.

 

[Cpt Oveur]

Correct me if im wrong.. But the CVG base for CHQ was all EMB 135/145. Im not sure the number of A/C but I know it was A LOT. At least 30-40 Embraers for their CVG base.

We(Freedom) are only flying 25 out of the 27 ERJs left. And thats split between both Bases(JFK,CVG). So there is a lot of slack that needs to be picked up from the CHQ reduction.

No, there is a lot of slack that is simply going to be cut from Delta's schedules.

 

[Minimaniac]

The only aircraft based in CVG for CHQ were 135's. All the 145's in CVG were just passing through from other bases. CHQ has only 11 135's on property (down from 15), and they will all be removed by October 1st. Freedom should have enough aircraft sitting around to cover the CHQ reduction.

 

[Speedtape]

Maybe---MGMT just wanted to see if they could get further concessions and no one took the bait!

 

[kiteflyer]

Hilarious!!

 

[B727FA]

9) Richard Anderson read flight info and saw what an azz-clown acarpe is and simultaneously down-graded him to lav-cart duty while blocking Comair's demise.

Now that's just mean toward the lav-cart drivers...you need to apologize.