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Comair pilots walk off the job after contract talks fail

Monday, March 26, 2001 | 11:14 a.m.

HEBRON, Ky. -- Comair pilots walked off the job today after contract talks with the regional airline broke off, and union officials said the strike will last as long as necessary.

"I think it's fair to say that there was not a single Comair pilot that wanted this to happen, but we have prepared for this mentally and financially and we are together," union spokesman Max Roberts said shortly after the strike began at 12:01 a.m.

Comair, the nation's second-largest regional carrier after American Eagle, had canceled today's flights in advance of the walkout. It serves 95 cities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Bahamas and carries more than 8 million passengers annually. It also flies under the name Delta Connection and is a Delta Air Lines subsidiary.

Comair's 1,350 pilots want a company-funded retirement plan, more rest time between flights, higher pay and payment for all hours they are on the job, not just actual flying hours.

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