Union at CommutAir

[onionluvr]

We have no power to stop these things without a binding contract!

There is no such thing as a binding contract between a pilot group and management.

 

[Soulfly00]

Whomever you are that decided to use the name "Chimichanga" as your Flightinfo handle, I salute you. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when i saw that. I am guessing that you are not, in real life, the actual "Chimichanga". I wonder what Chimi-Chimi-Changa will think when he sees this. That is all.

 

[chimichanga]

This airline has closed crew bases in Boston, Elmira, White Plains, Portland, Providence, Dulles, Hartford, Syracuse, Rochester, Worcester, Newark...

Add Albany to the list, this coming February. I swear I'm going to buy a trailer and park it out front of wherever HQ is this month.....

 

[iflyjets4food]

Talk about thread resurrection. Question for you. Do you guys end up back at base everyday like the Colgan guys?

 

[vectorvictor]

Whomever you are that decided to use the name "Chimichanga" as your Flightinfo handle, I salute you. I nearly fell out of my chair laughing when i saw that. I am guessing that you are not, in real life, the actual "Chimichanga". I wonder what Chimi-Chimi-Changa will think when he sees this. That is all.

Absolutely classic.

From a former Commutair person...I feel for you guys and I wish you all the best. Commutair has the BEST pilot group that I've worked with so far. Sorry to say but I don't think ALPA or any union will make your lives MUCH better. It may solidify your work rules and it may get you a contract which states when you'll get pay raises but in the end you'll still be taking it in the end like the rest of us at this level in the industry. My advice....go to work, get your time, make your contacts, and move on without making a name for yourself.

For the record the guy who thinks the commuters SHOULD contribute to CASS should be beaten with the thick side of a wooden paddle in front of Starbucks in CLE. Definately qualifies for "the most egregious" thing I've read all day. Commuting sucks and the people who do it don't do it by choice. I'm on my 6th crew base in 4 years.

 

[chimichanga]

Nah, most of the trips at CommutAir end up overnighting at least one night, usually several nights. I think there are a few single-day trips, but they're rare to find.

 

[shamrock]

So where are the bases now?

I was at 4 of the closed bases chimichanga mentioned (5 if you count ALB) but was only displaced (make that furloughed) from one.

 

[CA1900]

CLE and PLB. And BOS, at least for now. With the news of Big Sky getting the Delta 1900 flying, I don't foresee BOS lasting for a whole lot longer.

 

[shamrock]

How's PBI/NJA treating you?

 

[CA1900]

So far, so good. Haven't flown an hour yet, so it's been a pretty good gig.

Hopefully I'll get to see a real airplane sometime in January! Not sure how backed up things in the pipeline, though, so I better get a hobby soon. (Well, other than annoying people on this message board... heh.)


Sad to hear Albany closed, but I can't say I didn't see it coming. When a city only flies to one other city, it doesn't make much sense as a crew base. Maddening, still....

 

[Fozzy]

CA1900,
Working hard huh!!??!! You glorified baggage handler. You should have stayed where the real flying is!

Now for the cheap seats.
I have said before and will say it again (not tired of hurting CommodeAir yet). Get your time and leave! You owe them nothing. Hell, quit in the middle of a trip if you have too. They treat the pilots like crap. So build the hours and bail. For the lifers that think the place it wonderful, forget about them. They will never get it. OR a retirement for that matter.
As for a union, not going to happen and if it did it would not help.

Does Sandy still "work" there?

 

[CA1900]

CA1900,
Working hard huh!!??!! You glorified baggage handler. You should have stayed where the real flying is!

Hahahahahaha....

(And if the individual who made that comment is reading this, I hope you realize what a crass remark that was. Can't you just be happy that someone moved to a better place?)

Now for the cheap seats.
I have said before and will say it again (not tired of hurting CommodeAir yet). Get your time and leave! You owe them nothing. Hell, quit in the middle of a trip if you have too.

You know, that's really my only regret: I promised I'd quit over the batphone on the way to an overnight at home, and never got that chance. (Probably because they kept pulling out of every city I lived in... :angryfire )

They will never get it. OR a retirement for that matter.

You kidding? They have that wonderful ESOP to retire on. Or perhaps their new 401K featuring a 0% match would appeal?

Does Sandy still "work" there?

:uzi:

Yeah... I'm not sure how, but yeah, she's still there last I heard. I called for a briefing a little while back while in the hotel van, and she just started talking...and talking... and talking. I got to the TSA checkpoint, and ended up putting the phone in the bin, letting it go through the X-ray, and picking it back out, and she was still talking!

 

[Fozzy]

Ahh the bat phone. The memories. I may have to spend some time clicking 4 times so I can hear dear Sandy's voice. Kills the time while waiting for the pax in HPN.

True conversation
"Sandy, give me maintance, we are broken."
"Oh ya, what is wrong with it?"
"The flux compasitor (sp, does it matter) is not working"
Her to a mx guy in the background, "so and so's flux compasitor is not working..."

Idot.:laugh:

 

[NEDude]

You guys are making me teary eyed. There are actually some things I miss about the place...

 

[Quillpig]

"The flux compasitor (sp, does it matter) is not working"

Oh, yes, Fozzy, it does matter. It is the flux capacitor, and it is what makes time travel possible.

 

[NEDude]

My favorite Sandy story was when she spent five minutes explaining the fine details between an aircraft swap and a crew swap.