This comes as Mesaba is trying to impose wage concessions on their labor groups in an attempt to keep the airline from fading into the horizon. Both airlines are facing re bids on their routes and could be shut out completely if they do not cut their labor significantly.
Comair plans to impose cuts on the roughly 1,000 flight attendants beginning Nov. 15, reducing average pay by 7.5 percent to realize $7.9 million in savings. The flight attendants have already authorized their union, the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, to call a strike. The regional airline, which was given permission in July to void its labor contract with the flight attendants, also asked the court to clarify the scope of the terms it must implement, including those related to future pay and benefit increases, according to court documents.
Comair has lowered their targets for the pilots, flight attendants and mechanics by a million each. The airline is continuing to struggle as they face re bidding their routes for Delta Airlines, facing the crash of one of their jets in Kentucky, and the financial issues. A one, two, three punch combo that could seriously damage the company.
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