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N813CA said:
I hope that things are getting better for you guys....
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Hahaha, ha!

Same ol', same ol'.

On a positive note, ship 10122 (aka the 380 killer) is back flying the line with it's factory new tail and factory new gear! (A380 still sidelined).
 
Same ol', same ol'.

On a positive note, ship 10122 (aka the 380 killer) is back flying the line with it's factory new tail and factory new gear! (A380 still sidelined).

First new tail at Comair in Years!
 
comrcap said:
Same ol', same ol'.

On a positive note, ship 10122 (aka the 380 killer) is back flying the line with it's factory new tail and factory new gear! (A380 still sidelined).

First new tail at Comair in Years!
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I love it.

You Comair guys have to be the best jokers in the industry. Always look forward to you all on the jumpseat.
 
I heard a rumor the FAA was trying to violate the Comair crew on the bump n run deal at JFK. Is that true?
 
Oh wow thanks for the constructive answer, the discussion actually came up in real life and since I don't live on these boards I was curious if there was any truth to it. Perhaps you can point me to a thread where this was already discussed?
 
They were stopped and got hit in the tail. Doubt there's much of a violation there.
 
As far as I know still a slow death spiral. Rumor of more early out packages come August. Shutdown soon. Not official, but what else is there?
 
Offering buyouts only to eventually shutter the place seems counter-intuitive to me. Yes, they are saving on unemployment insurance costs, but not nearly as much as the buyouts cost.

I talked to an FO that has been here 10+ years. She is taking the buyout ( in the next round). So Comair loses one $41K salary only to backfill it with another one. Where is the savings for the company?

What follows is conjecture (readers are shocked to find that on FI.com): Every $41K salary that gets removed from the payroll can eventually be replaced with a brand new first year FO salary. Most of the people that have been furloughed (I would estimate 90% or more) have found better jobs and /or wouldn't return if invited back.

I do not think Comair is going away, but I do think a lot depends on how our contract negotiations turn out. Delta wants leverage, and a sweet deal with Comair pilots would give them that.

Has everyone forgotten that we are in negotiations? Can you imagine any scenario in which the company (Comair OR Delta) supplies us with any good news?
 
I would like to nominate the following for a FlightInfo Award, subcategory "Comair Threads":

Best Avatar: Salukipilot

Best Signature Line: Flyboyike

Wittiest Post: comrap
 
I talked to an FO that has been here 10+ years. She is taking the buyout ( in the next round).
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Did she mention where she's going? Had it not been for the Comair MEC's decisions post-9/11, she would have been at Delta 6 years ago.
 
Flyer1015 said:
Did she mention where she's going? Had it not been for the Comair MEC's decisions post-9/11, she would have been at Delta 6 years ago.
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I don't think she has concrete career plans, and many of the people that I know that have taken past buyouts didn't, either. For some reason, the idea of a "buyout" has great appeal to some. "If you go away we will give you a week of pay for every year you've been here, up to 20." Funny thing is that they give me 5 weeks of pay every year just for staying. I don't see the appeal, other than a little (very little) extra coin and an opportunity to look for a job in a struggling economy.

The better possibly exists for those junior people to actually get furloughed and then collect unemployment insurance.

Re: Comair MEC - I strongly agree.
 
makersmarc said:
I don't think she has concrete career plans, and many of the people that I know that have taken past buyouts didn't, either. For some reason, the idea of a "buyout" has great appeal to some. "If you go away we will give you a week of pay for every year you've been here, up to 20." Funny thing is that they give me 5 weeks of pay every year just for staying. I don't see the appeal, other than a little (very little) extra coin and an opportunity to look for a job in a struggling economy.

The better possibly exists for those junior people to actually get furloughed and then collect unemployment insurance.

Re: Comair MEC - I strongly agree.
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FYI, you are able to take the buyout AND collect unemployment. That's why people are doing it. Among many other reasons that are personal to each individual.
 
makersmarc said:
I would like to nominate the following for a FlightInfo Award, subcategory "Comair Threads":

Best Avatar: Salukipilot

Best Signature Line: Flyboyike

Wittiest Post: comrap
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Thank you...thank you very much.
 
Flyer1015 said:
Did she mention where she's going? Had it not been for the Comair MEC's decisions post-9/11, she would have been at Delta 6 years ago.
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She wouldn't have been at Delta regardless of the CMR MEC's decisions....The Delta MEC doesn't want "unwashed" regional pilots that don't jump through the hoops and know the secret password...The CMR MEC did the right thing. The only flowthrough Delta has ever had came from the Compass/Mesaba purchase thru NWA, and the Delta MEC didn't even want that one...It has been terminated.....
 
Nindiri said:
When did Delta start hiring regional FO's?
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OH, they have! Mostly from ASA. Women. Minorities. Previous Delta interns. And/or Delta legacy bloodline.

Rest assured, I'm confirmed multiple cases, both in 2007 hiring spree and last year's 2010 hiring spree that several regional FOs made it with zero TPIC.
 
At least two Comair, female FOs were hired in 2010 at Delta.
To my knowlege, neither had jet or turbine PIC time.
 

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