saxman66

Those of you familiar with the Jetcareers.com website, it is run by a Delta pilot.

In October he will be putting on the Aviation Career Expo in Las Vegas. Doug has been kind enough to give all Comair pilot's, active and furloughed, a 50% discount on the career fair.

You must enter the code: acecmr2010

Be ready to reply when he contacts you with your employee number.

Here's a link to the discussion about it. You can also get a discount at the hotel which includes food and drinks So it's not just a career fair, but a social gathering as well.

Boomer

Then yes, Comair / Delta was the North American* launch customer for the rj mess in 1993. Kids loved it.

*Lufthansa was the first CRJ operator, hence the North American disclaimer.

Spoilers

Comair cuts may benefit Pinnacle

Memphis-based Pinnacle Airlines Corp. could benefit from a move by fellow Delta Connection carrier Comair to trim fleet and staff over the next two years.


Pinnacle, which provides Delta Connection service through two regional airlines, Pinnacle and Mesaba, already is the biggest single regional carrier serving Memphis International Airport, and it could get bigger.


Erlanger, Ky.-based Comair, Delta Air Lines' only wholly-owned regional, said Wednesday it's cutting its fleet by about 55 percent and reducing staff to save money.


Comair provides 23 Delta Connection flights out of Memphis daily. Pinnacle and Mesaba combine for 107 daily flights.


Airport Authority president and CEO Larry Cox didn't think Comair's reduction would affect the airport, because other Delta Connection partners stand ready to pick up the flights.


"I expect that Pinnacle would be the likely replacement for those flights in Memphis," Cox added.


Pinnacle spokesman Joe Williams said, "It's too early for us to know what Delta might consider doing."


Pinnacle bought Mesaba from Delta this summer in a sale fully financed by Delta. Pinnacle, which also owns a turboprop carrier named Colgan Air, plans to eventually combine regional jets under the Pinnacle brand and turboprops under Mesaba.


Comair will phase out most of its 50-seat jets by the end of 2012 while keeping 65- and 76-seat jets in service, president John Bendoraitis told employees in a memo Wednesday. That will reduce the fleet from 97 to 44 planes.


Pinnacle also is moving to larger, more fuel-efficient regional jets that can meet Delta's desire to offer two-class flights with both business and coach seating.


The Mesaba acquisition more than doubled Pinnacle's inventory of 76-seat Bombardier CRJ-900s, to 57 planes.


Delta spokeswoman Kristin Baur said, "While Delta has stated previously that we do not need to own our flying partners in order to derive value from them, these changes (at Comair) reflect our continued goal of streamlining our Connection carrier portfolio, to ensure they are positioned for success.
"Delta continues to upgauge domestic flying with greater reliance on our two-class regional and mainline aircraft preferred by our customers," Baur said.


--Wayne Risher: 529-2874


Comair cuts may benefit Pinnacle The Commercial Appeal

On Autopilot

And there you have it. Here come the vultures to pick over the remains. The airline isn't even dead yet. Hey guys, as Saxman posted, check out Doug Taylor from Jetcareers.com, really cool guy, even though he at one time had his run ins with a certain academy in Sanford, Fl, he's a really classy guy to offer to help you fellas out. Glad to see the company is at least offering buyouts to you and you should be able to get unemployment etc. in conjunction with that.

cessna157

If ALPA were a true union, and played by their own rules, wouldn't it be against ALPA's stance to pick up this flying? You'd think that if 1 ALPA carrier were to take a massive hit, that another ALPA carrier would refuse to pick up the same flying.

Think back to a few months ago with the Spirit strike....

(yes, I realize this is different from a strike)

Seaslap8

But didnt CMR pick up a lot of the flying that was originally flown by mainline?

Spoilers

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I remember reading in the memo that they are anticipating the first wave of furloughs to happen in the 2nd Quarter of 2011, but then they also state we are losing 16 airframes in January 2011??

I am planning on my furlough letter to show the day before Xmas Eve (like 2 years ago) and a separation date in January

The Chow

I would love someone from either the union or from management to tell me why the hell they brought us back.

And to your point spoilers, the memo states that starting this January we'll reduce the number of 50 seat aircraft by 16. So at a rate of 1.5 planes a month I would suspect we'll go out somewhere around April.

On another note, I have no idea why the union would negotiate anything for the upcoming contact talks with the exception of furlough benefits.

There will be nothing left of the airline and there isn't even a carrot being dangled. So why bother? Hopefully they can negotiate a nice furlough package and NG4 can lock the door shut the lights off in 2012.

BTW: does anyone know if the management from Compass and Mesaba went to TSA and Pinnacle?


One bright spot......we'll no longer have people that are too comfortable to not look for a new job. Even Mr. Top 50 might have to feel the other side of a seniority list soon.

And to Captain Tony: These aircraft are all going back to the mfg or leasing company so I'm not sure how I can see OH guys coming over to ASA. Simply won't be enough planes.

What I would have loved to have seen in this announcement was that as the 50 seat aircraft were being returned and Delta pilots were taking those routes back.

Maybe those guys can still recapture some of that flying.

That is all for now.

TC

pilotrob23

So why is RG there then? Still doesnt make sense if it is going to be lights out?

hiplainsdrifter

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Well, here's the WSJ's reporting on it;

Delta Air Lines to Shrink Regional Unit Comair - WSJ.com