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So when do the Comair pilots pick up there new Delta employee badges?
Ask JC Lawson............
So when do the Comair pilots pick up there new Delta employee badges?
Not likely. People with experience in other industries still can't find jobs right now. The airlines are one of the few industries that are hiring. It's not like there are a ton of non-flying jobs available out there that you can support a family on.Something tells me the higher seniority guys are going to be getting out of the game altogether.
Not likely. People with experience in other industries still can't find jobs right now. The airlines are one of the few industries that are hiring. It's not like there are a ton of non-flying jobs available out there that you can support a family on.
Who's JC Lawson..........?
Whoever picks up their 700's and 900's is going to need to hire a bunch of pilots... A lot of guys might end up flying the exact same airframes back at first year pay.
The brainchild behind the RJDC.
Not likely. People with experience in other industries still can't find jobs right now. The airlines are one of the few industries that are hiring. It's not like there are a ton of non-flying jobs available out there that you can support a family on.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Who's JC Lawson..........?
Whoever picks up their 700's and 900's will likely have too many pilots. I'm sure Delta will give them away at a 2:1 ratio for the 200's. So get 28 700's/900's lose 56 200's, that's a net loss of 28 planes.
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Your MEC responded that hiring any pilots at Comair who do not resign their seniority at their previous carrier gives rise to numerous substantive concerns. The Delta MEC's offer of (future) preferential hiring at Delta is not sufficiently substantive to overcome those concerns and solicit Comair pilots' support. We suggested three alternative concepts, any one or all of which might lead to a mutually beneficial solution:
Relax the Delta PWA, Section 1, seat restrictions imposed upon Comair and ASA that limit our growth in 70-seat and larger airframes.
Negotiate Delta Brand Scope language with Delta management that defines all Delta flying within the Delta revenue stream to be performed solely by Delta, Comair, and ASA pilots.
Negotiate a plan for future integration of our Delta, Comair, and ASA pilots seniority lists that fairly recognizes the efforts and contributions of all.
The Comair MEC stands ready to work with the collective MEC's to bring about change that makes sense in a challenging economic environment and works for all pilots who perform flying under the Delta brand. As we stated in the Tuesday, December 3rd meeting, our door is still open.
So when do the Comair pilots pick up there new Delta employee badges?
The sad thing is that if the CMR MEC had played nice with the DL MEC, a flow through agreement would have been in place for about 10 years now and all the CMR guys would not only have had jobs to go to, but higher paying ones.
Oh well....
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
Not to sound cold hearted, but it's my observation that to the average DL pilot, the senior CMR pilots (the ones who are still left) are associated with the RJDC. And the RJDC are about as welcome as scabs.
A lesson could be learned here with respect to not letting radicals hijack your pilot group or union, but that's another thread.
I will say that I used to be an ALPA rep at Southern Jets. During that time, I had a chance at ALPA's leadership conference to confront a few of the newly elected reps at CMR and ASA. I asked them point blank if they supported the RJDC, and more importantly whether or not their MECs supported it directly or more likely in an indirect "wink wink nudge nudge" manner. Of course they all said no. I told them that they needed to get that crap under control or else it would end up biting them in the arse.
The sad thing is that if the CMR MEC had played nice with the DL MEC, a flow through agreement would have been in place for about 10 years now and all the CMR guys would not only have had jobs to go to, but higher paying ones.
Oh well....
Whoever picks up their 700's and 900's will likely have too many pilots. I'm sure Delta will give them away at a 2:1 ratio for the 200's. So get 28 700's/900's lose 56 200's, that's a net loss of 28 planes.