Is COEX going on strike?

[DoinTime]

"Comair will not get Comair rates. When their current contract is up of for renegotiation, their rates will go down."

Never gonna happen. No way, no how. A BK judge may force it on us but there is no chance that this pilot group would EVER agree to concessions.

Weren't the Delta mainline pilots saying that not to long ago?

 

[Caveman]

"Weren't the Delta mainline pilots saying that not to long ago?"

Their circumstances are very different than ours. They are paid something like 1/3 more than the next most expensive similar group. We are paid less than a buck an hour more than the next guy and I don't know anybody that gets 1/3 less than we do. The DAL pilots are off the chart compared to their peers. We aren't.

 

[AviatorTx]

ever gonna happen. No way, no how. A BK judge may force it on us but there is no chance that this pilot group would EVER agree to concessions.

Unless I am mistaken, a BK judge ruling on another airline's case cannot tell your airline's PILOTS to take consessons. The judge might be able to reduce the block hour rate that Delta pays Comair, but it would be a seperate issue between YOU and Comair management if you were to take consessions.

Hang in there Comair Brothers. We at XJT are counting on you not to give in...

In return, we shall not give in.

The bar WILL be raised.

 

[DoinTime]

"Weren't the Delta mainline pilots saying that not to long ago?"

Their circumstances are very different than ours. They are paid something like 1/3 more than the next most expensive similar group. We are paid less than a buck an hour more than the next guy and I don't know anybody that gets 1/3 less than we do. The DAL pilots are off the chart compared to their peers. We aren't.

Their circumstances are identical to yours. You are both the highest paid as compared to your peirs. How much more is irrelevant.

 

[nonstop]

A lot more is relevant. I hear the hot dog vendors in ATL are paid 10% more than their peers in Detroit, which reflects in the gate lease rates, which reflects in Delta's bottom line. Are the hot dog vendors taking a 23% cut too?

I had a lot of respect for Delta for holding the line up until now. Do those fools not realize they're losing their jobs (and our future jobs) because of a gap in labor costs. Cutting costs at Comair will simply result in more outsourcing!!! GOD. GET IT!? And once upon a time I had respect for airline pilots as rational human beings. This career has gone beyond stupid. Unfortunatley I don't think a more eloquent word exists to describe it other than "stupid."

Hey, get a BA, spend 40k on flight training, and by the time you're 40, you may make 40k! Sure you have to retire by 60 (thought you could slave away to 80 and still not catch up to a non-educated construction worker but luckily, that's not even an OPTION!), but walmart is always hiring.