Comair

[Nelson]

Just wanted to hear thoughts on what may become of Comair.

 

[WorldTraveler]

My prediction is that DL will keep as much of Comair through the reorganization process as is necessary since they secure DL's DIP loans. At the end of the reorg process, if it appears that DL might merge w/ another carrier or if there is still a need to pull down RJ capacity, Comair will be sacrificed since they are the only significant RJ capacity that DL can eliminate other than Mesa (which could disappear fairly early in the process.) ASA and Skywest capacity is pretty well locked up in a contract that is bankruptcy proof so DL's first hit would be to Mesa since there is no strategic value for keeping them, although they are the lowest cost producer. After that, Comair is on the hit list.

Purely my opinion

 

[aredeeyou22]

Rumor has it that there will be an announcement on Wednesday. A/C utilization less than 10 hours per day, schedule reduction, removal of one coffee maker(no I'm not kidding), numerous a/c sitting in CVG remote area.....I am sure furloughs are soon to come.

 

[BMIBABYgirl737]

i've worked several of the 40/50's that have had the coffee makers and galley tables removed. the full face smoke masks on the 40/50 in the 1st overhead bin a/c left are also going to be removed. teamsters say they are in "confidential" talks with the company, no info has been shared with us as of yet. i've heard rumours that 450 pilots and about 225 f/a's will be furloughed. fred told us in the first "town hall" meeting in september that they would try to offer voluntary furloughs, and the possibility of line sharing/part time flying like jet blue offers.