Comair Reducing fleet and jobs in effort to remain in business

Comair is ridding itself of half of its' fleet in its' latest effort to remain afloat and stay mindful of the bottom line. 
The small regional, a wholly owned subsidiary of Delta has been making cuts and has had a hiring freeze in place for certain positions for years. 
I happen to have a very warm place in my heart for Delta Comair. I interviewed with them a few years ago. I was selected to be a flight attendant (trainee, classes, etc)  with them, and had gotten the packet in the mail. Went to get all of the lab work done, and then there was the phone call. There was a hiring freeze. 


That interview is one that I  still cherish, though. Everything was so wonderful. We were treated fairly and well. The people were so very nice. The man who drove me back to the airport visited with me as we rode back in the newly fallen snow, talking about the weather, and how very much I loved Kentucky and the people there. We talked about my having lived in Kentucky as a child, and he knew all of the places that I had lived. We talked about my (now deceased) grandmother who lived in Tennessee, and he said "Well, you can go and see her if you got the job, it would not be forever away." We talked about making buttermilk and mayonnaise, and about what the best dressings were for different types of salads. I felt like I was talking to family. 


When I got the call saying that there was a hiring freeze, my world took a jolt. Seeing this latest news makes me feel really sad for the people there that I got to meet, as well as the people who I never met, because it seems to be a really fine organization. 


I hope that Comair is able to make a better go of it, because I really like them.