Moment of silence for Independence Air please...
They are still around. Just named Compass.
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Moment of silence for Independence Air please...
When Delta bought us only 45% of our traffic connected to Delta. We were purchased because we were looking to buy Spirit and expand. And as far as the strike. At least we showed some cojones. When has a Delta pilot EVER gone to the front of the line to fight for a contract? Never. Every NWA pilot on my JS thinks the The RD's are spoiled babies. The "hired, not aquired" stickers say it all.I have to agree with General. CVG wouldn't even be close to a market to grow. Indy Air even had the Washington DC market and failed with 50 Seat RJ's and a hand full of Airbus's.
Isn't Republic even losing money (and if it wasn't for there contract flyng they'd really be in the red)? Virgina America hasn't made a dime yet. Comair is a feeder..... Stand alone airline would have been a joke, especially in the CVG market.
A little bit of Comair history..Comair most certainly had CRJ's when Delta bought them..
Also before Delta's hostile takeover, Comair was intent on buying Spirit (I believe it was). They would have had a different start-up plan than say Indy Air..... Comair's stock was doing very well on it's own. They would have entered the "major" market well before 9/11 and well before Jetblue (how'd Jetblue work out?)
Hey General...weren't you the one who was spouting off about JB going bust after year 5 because they would have to start paying for the maintenance on the Bus? Howd that prediction work out.. In fact I haven't seen one prediction of yours come to fruition...
-Comair pilots got hired at Delta contrary to your opinion.
-Delta STILL hasn't gotten any scope back, there's still plenty of regional feed.
- Delta is not growing and they have seemed to halted their growth strategy for the moment..
When Delta bought us only 45% of our traffic connected to Delta. We were purchased because we were looking to buy Spirit and expand. And as far as the strike. At least we showed some cojones. When has a Delta pilot EVER gone to the front of the line to fight for a contract? Never. Every NWA pilot on my JS thinks the The RD's are spoiled babies. The "hired, not aquired" stickers say it all.
The General and his 5 or 6 alter egos is a fool and should be on everyone's blocked list. Obviously every idiot pilot knows Comair was the US launch customer of the CRJ 100 in 1992 so no the were not a turboprop operator when DAL bought them. Duh. And yes, it's also well known that CMR management openly discussed it's desire to buy Spirit or another startup flying "mainline" gauge aircraft. DAL bought CMR to kill them plain and simple. You would think that after 10,000+ posts and 10+ years here on the preeminent avaition chat board that idiot would have learned something about the industry, but no, he remains an embarrassment to all of is with his ignorance and insistence upon trolling the regionals and picking on the regional pilots.
Comair before Delta bought them was the most profitable ailrine in the US....
No, not really. Delta (in the early 90s) had so much cash that they had to get a poison pill via Swissair to protect themselves from a hostile takeover. I don't think Comair had as much cash as Delta did in the early 90s. Nah.
Bye Bye---General Lee