How is this for a staple option? Comair and ASA merge by whatever method they come up with then there is a staple on the bottom of the mainline list. Now any new movement to mainline equipment is offered, in seniority order, to the combined Comair/ASA list. Now to protect the 25 year RJ Captains quality of life (qol) when his seniority number comes up for a mainline slot comes up he has the option of A.taking the move to the bottom of the mainline system retaining his years of service for pay but goes to the bottom of the pile for bidding or B. Bypassing the mainline number permanently and retaining his seniority and bidding rights on the Comair/ASA list.
Now how would mainline guys get anything out of this? Well in good times probably not too much but in bad times, like now, if a mainline guy gets pushed down and over into the Comair/ASA fence then he/she has to accept what his DOH would hold on that list again protecting the senior Captains from getting bumped by a "three year mainline pilot"
Just a thought that will never happen because management likes the ability to go to the lowest bidder. I will also give management credit for learning from their mistakes. No regional airline will ever have the effect on a hub like Comair did in CVG. They have overlapped the routes quite nicely now.
Now how would mainline guys get anything out of this? Well in good times probably not too much but in bad times, like now, if a mainline guy gets pushed down and over into the Comair/ASA fence then he/she has to accept what his DOH would hold on that list again protecting the senior Captains from getting bumped by a "three year mainline pilot"
Just a thought that will never happen because management likes the ability to go to the lowest bidder. I will also give management credit for learning from their mistakes. No regional airline will ever have the effect on a hub like Comair did in CVG. They have overlapped the routes quite nicely now.
