Leaving Comair - 1 Year Later

[PositiveRate]

my name isn't francis...(sarcasm)

I'm one of the ones who left...not sure if you caught that...I got very lucky...it had nothing to do with having great foresight, which is how I read the first post. It seems bold and a bit like kicking them when they're down to post about how leaving was a good move and celebrating the anniversary of the decision.

Sue me for having an opinion and being a Debbie Downer. I will admit this, though. Comair was a big break for me...it was a step back from the majors for him. That could account for a large difference in nostalgia for our former employer.

 

[skiddriver]

Left in Aug '04 for an aviation management job. Pay is great as are benefits (oil bidness). Make more than Flightinfo's most famous Comair supporter Gen. Lee, with one year on the job. No flying, just running the show.

Sometimes folks ask me if I ever wanted to fly for a living again. I say, "sure, if they let me blow stuff up again".

But the bottom line is that I didn't leave because I thought Comair was messed up, I left because I didn't enjoy the job (it was boring compared to military flying) and because I applied for and got hired at a job I found interesting and where the pay met my personal requirements. I enjoy the work, and I don't regret the move in the least.

Good luck to the folks back at Comair (and Delta).

 

[Al Coholic]

When I walked out through the turnstyles in CVG for the last time I felt a huge relief and I never looked back on my decision.

I felt the same way... I really enjoyed my time at Comair but I walked out of the trailers for the last time with a big smile on my face.

 

[citdrver]

I made the walk through of the mighty turnstyle in October of '04 to go back into corporate. I was offered a job out of the blue, flying less, making three times my FO pay, and no more commuting. I enjoyed the people at Comair and it was a good experience, but I hated being used and abused as a junior FO, but that is how the game is played when you have no senority. Now I would be close to if not getting the pink furlough slip if I were still there, so I most definately have no regrets for leaving or going there either. I do wish them all the luck, and even those Delta guys who are going to be bent over real soon by a bankruptcy judge.

 

[BenderGonzales]

I wonder if those of us who have left can offer assistance to any of those who will be getting furloughed?

My particular flight department is not hiring, but i'll certainly keep my ear to the ground and, if I hear anything, post that info here.

 

[cl65capt]

I left in June of 04, a lot of people thought I was nuts, now most of those people think I'm the smartest guy ever. I'm niether, just glad to be out! I also agree with the others. Taking that last walk throught the turnstiles felt great, like a huge burden had been lifted.

 

[OCP]

Well I, like a lot, would love to get out. But with limited "skills/experience" what can we do? I'd love to hear what those who left do. I have a degree, but outside of being a pilot it means nothing.

 

[BRA]

I just got myself banned for a few days due to poor language.

 

[Cavpilot]

I was offered a job at Executive Jet (NetJets) the same day that the strike ended. Being that JC and his boys were recommending ratification of what seemed to me to be a lousy contract, I knew it was time to go. I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Comair pilot group. For those 89 days in '01, I NEVER saw a more unified group of people. Not in the army, not in church, not anywhere.
I don't regret leaving for one second. But I always think about my boys that are still there.