IflyAviator
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Everyone that has been at comair for many years is very negative about the upgrade, because if you were hired 5 years ago, then the upgrade is 5 years. I don't think that will be the case for people hired today. There's just too much attrition each month.
I think most who have been at Comair are negative not exclusively about upgrades...though there is a large amount of relatively senior First Officers who have suffered through upgrades only to be downgraded two months later. There are many additional First Officers who have been awarded Captain positions only to have those positions cancelled prior to training.
I believe most who have been at Comair for any significant amount of time...particularly four years or more, are disappointed, frustrated, equal parts pissed off and apathetic because of what has become of Comair over the last three years. Comair used to either lead, or be among the top ten percent of the pack in performance, work rules, and compensation. Now Comair is not significantly better than Mesa or Chatauqua...and it's not because those carriers have gotten better.
There is no leadership at Comair. Comair has become a ship without a rudder...and there is no sign of improvement in the forseeable future.
I agree with you Garrito that those hired today will have a different experience than those who have been with Comair for an extended period of time. They'll never miss what they never had, I guess Comair supervisors think. They should be happy to spend 300-350 hours per month away from their families for $21,000 - $33,000 for the next several years...perhaps the next seven to nine years if they upgrade at the first opportunity...though they'll get the opportunity to say they earn $65,000 annually while living in New York....less than a cab driver in that city earns.
It used to be that Comair could recruit and hire the cream of the crop when it came to pilots who were applying at the regional level. Today, Comair is lucky to get pilot applicants who have 500 hours total time...applicants so eager to fly a jet they'll sleep at night in a rat-infested crew room at JFK. This problem is industry-wide and will get worse, because managements such as Comair's have worked very hard...not on increasing revenue and customer base, but on destroying quality of life and pay at all levels of the airline industry.