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Comair to Submit Bid for Delta Service
Monday October 2, 3:42 pm ET
By Lisa Cornwell, Associated Press Writer
Comair to Submit Bid for Regional Jet Service From Its Parent Company, Delta Air Lines

CINCINNATI (AP) -- Comair said it will submit a bid for regional jet service from its parent, Delta Air Lines Inc., by Monday's deadline even though it has not reached deals on concessions with unions representing its flight attendants, pilots or mechanics.

The bid will reflect the restructuring Comair has completed in non-union areas and the savings it is forecasting for concessions from the unions for the flight attendants and mechanics, Comair spokeswoman Tressie Long said.

She said that the airline, based in nearby Erlanger, Ky., is nearing an agreement with the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers representing Comair's 550 mechanics and is working with the International Brotherhood of Teamsters representing its 970 flight attendants to reach an agreement.

A bankruptcy judge has given Comair the authority to impose concessions. Comair will have no choice but to implement the changes if an agreement is not reached with flight attendants, Long said. The flight attendants have threatened to strike if concessions are imposed.

Little progress has been made in negotiations over the weekend with the Air Line Pilots Association representing Comair pilots, she said.

Like its Atlanta-based parent Delta, Comair, which has 6,500 employees and operates 882 flights daily to 103 cities, is reorganizing under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, for which it filed last year.


Am I missing something because wouldnt Delta be cutting its own throat by not giving the flying to Comair since they do affect the bottom line. But then again nothing that Delta does should suprise me.