Comair updates?
12-23-2008, 08:25 AM
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Good post turbodog.
With the way the economy is going these days, most businesses (airlines) are cutting a lot of corners. Pilot pay is only one method management is trying to squeeze every dollor out of the operating cost. Skimping parts, understaffed mx departments, work arounds, etc.. all lead to less than desirable airplanes. Is it just my imigination or has there been an extra rash of mishaps in the industry lately.
Remember, the guys/gals in the front seat are always the first ones to show up at the accident scene.
With the way the economy is going these days, most businesses (airlines) are cutting a lot of corners. Pilot pay is only one method management is trying to squeeze every dollor out of the operating cost. Skimping parts, understaffed mx departments, work arounds, etc.. all lead to less than desirable airplanes. Is it just my imigination or has there been an extra rash of mishaps in the industry lately.
Remember, the guys/gals in the front seat are always the first ones to show up at the accident scene.
12-23-2008, 09:04 AM
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Nope, it's still Comair. I just talked to the station manager the other day when we needed to get a payback SFCU sent COMAT to CVG from Pinnacle's partsroom there in TYS. We handle all Delta and as of last month we started doing above and below wing for United Express. DGS is there, but they handle someone else.
12-23-2008, 11:29 AM
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Merger / Liquidation
So Comair/ALPA has hired a Merger Law Firm. Whom are they going to merge with? And, is it best for Comair and the other Company overall? If ALPA also represents the other company when it comes to the seniority list, which one of the companies is going have the best representation on their behalf? Is there a conflict of interest since ALPA either way will benefit?
Today, it seems that only prostitutes are hired not the high-end escorts. If you can pay less and get the same "job" done, then as far as whom a business is going to hire, it will always be the prostitutes. It's only a matter of time before companies like Freedom/Mesa rule if people are willing to give away their services cheaply.
Today, it seems that only prostitutes are hired not the high-end escorts. If you can pay less and get the same "job" done, then as far as whom a business is going to hire, it will always be the prostitutes. It's only a matter of time before companies like Freedom/Mesa rule if people are willing to give away their services cheaply.
12-23-2008, 11:47 AM
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NASA reports and ASAP is not the same. You can only use NASA once every 5 years. Even if you file a NASA report, if the FAA decides to take a license action and then suspends the action, it will still stay on you record. Pulling out of ASAP is the most damaging action to safety at Comair. The MEC decided to pull ASAP for political reasons with a full disregard to safety and the good of out pilot group. I’m glad the our MEC chair did the right thing and decided to resign.
Maybe the company needs to look at a safety points system to make the discipline of pilots a black and white issue. You start out with 10 or 12 points... lose all of your safety points and you're gone. Give guys ways to recoup their points. Last company I was with had a program like this and it was wonderful.
12-23-2008, 11:47 AM
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Nope, it's still Comair. I just talked to the station manager the other day when we needed to get a payback SFCU sent COMAT to CVG from Pinnacle's partsroom there in TYS. We handle all Delta and as of last month we started doing above and below wing for United Express. DGS is there, but they handle someone else.
12-24-2008, 02:02 AM
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No Crewmembers on Reserve for base 'CVG', fleet 'CR7', position 'FO' and date '24Dec08'
another Day where some poor pilot is going to get
JM'd when he/she thinks they are headed home for Christmas day off with the kids
another Day where some poor pilot is going to get
JM'd when he/she thinks they are headed home for Christmas day off with the kids
12-24-2008, 05:23 AM
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With all the furloughs, I think Comair deserves it...
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