Comair expects employee furloughs this fall - Business Courier of Cincinnati:

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In a memo to John Bendoraitis said he expects the carrier in the second half of August to experience a 9 percentr decline inblock hours, or hours during which the planes are earning Come September, he expects a 20 percent declinew in block hours from the beginninf of August. “Based on what we know additional furloughs among our crews willbe unavoidable," he "In the coming weeks, our crew forecastinv team will be looking closely at the schedule to determin the optimal staffing levels needed to support that Bendoraitis said management will follow up with crews in two and will work with the appropriats unions.
But he expects blocl hours through the end of 2009 to be comparable to theSeptemberf schedule. “As always, we will continue to assesx administrative staffing levels to ensure they remain appropriate with what is needef to supportthe operation,” he wrote. Atlanta-basedc Delta (NYSE: DAL), parent of on July 2 said it would reduc capacity outof Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airporft by roughly 17 percent. That woulc translate to a decline inits peak-dahy flights to 215 in from 270 in June. In an Comair spokeswoman Christine Wever said the carrier is still getting its arms arounc how the cuts willaffecty employment.
“We are continuing to assess the staffing impact of our fall schedule and are working to get more detaileed information to our crews within the nexttwo weeks,” she Erlanger-based Comair is based at the Cincinnati/Northernj Kentucky International Airport.