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my hope is that Comair retains all their flying.
Delta to view Comair bid
Source: Excerpt from Cincinnati Enquirer
Eight days from now, Comair will submit a bid critical to its future.
Depending on how corporate parent Delta Air Lines views the bid, the Erlanger-based regional airline could ultimately see its payroll of 6,500 chopped by an estimated 850 pilot and flight attendant jobs - or boosted by 1,100 positions.
Delta is already sifting through bids submitting by other regional airlines seeking to feed passenger traffic to its mainline operations. Delta gave its subsidiary a two-week extension until Oct. 2 following the crash of Flight 5191 in Lexington.
While the crash will likely lead to settlements paid by insurers, Delta's need for lower operating costs poses a bigger threat to Comair. After a year in Chapter 11, the Atlanta-based carrier has focused its restructuring efforts on lowering its regional flying costs.
Managers at Comair, which followed Delta into bankruptcy, say the two starkly different paths for the company depend on their ability to win concessions from their three unions.
If they succeed, Comair will be able to submit a more competitive bid to Delta and possibly win new business. If they fail, the company fails, it will likely see current aircraft assigned to cheaper contractors and Comair will also shed jobs
.
In a memo to his employees just after the bid announcement, Comair president Don Bornhorst urged the unions to help submit a competitive bid.
"I realize people question Delta's decision to put our flying out for bid, especially because we are a wholly owned subsidiary," he wrote. "Whether we like it or not, we have to compete just as effectively on costs and quality as every other carrier Delta could consider for regional flying."
In August, Delta announced it was seeking new bids to fly 93 aircraft already being flown as well as for 50 future aircraft. Of the existing regional aircraft up for grabs, 42 of Comair's jets are seen as in play. Comair operates 27 70-seat jets that employ 22 crew apiece and about 15 50-seaters that employ about 17 apiece.
Delta to view Comair bid
Source: Excerpt from Cincinnati Enquirer
Eight days from now, Comair will submit a bid critical to its future.
Depending on how corporate parent Delta Air Lines views the bid, the Erlanger-based regional airline could ultimately see its payroll of 6,500 chopped by an estimated 850 pilot and flight attendant jobs - or boosted by 1,100 positions.
Delta is already sifting through bids submitting by other regional airlines seeking to feed passenger traffic to its mainline operations. Delta gave its subsidiary a two-week extension until Oct. 2 following the crash of Flight 5191 in Lexington.
While the crash will likely lead to settlements paid by insurers, Delta's need for lower operating costs poses a bigger threat to Comair. After a year in Chapter 11, the Atlanta-based carrier has focused its restructuring efforts on lowering its regional flying costs.
Managers at Comair, which followed Delta into bankruptcy, say the two starkly different paths for the company depend on their ability to win concessions from their three unions.
If they succeed, Comair will be able to submit a more competitive bid to Delta and possibly win new business. If they fail, the company fails, it will likely see current aircraft assigned to cheaper contractors and Comair will also shed jobs
.
In a memo to his employees just after the bid announcement, Comair president Don Bornhorst urged the unions to help submit a competitive bid.
"I realize people question Delta's decision to put our flying out for bid, especially because we are a wholly owned subsidiary," he wrote. "Whether we like it or not, we have to compete just as effectively on costs and quality as every other carrier Delta could consider for regional flying."
In August, Delta announced it was seeking new bids to fly 93 aircraft already being flown as well as for 50 future aircraft. Of the existing regional aircraft up for grabs, 42 of Comair's jets are seen as in play. Comair operates 27 70-seat jets that employ 22 crew apiece and about 15 50-seaters that employ about 17 apiece.