Bad News From Comair

Rank-and-file Comair mechanics have rejected a five-year contract proposal that would have awarded them a 2 percent pay raise.

The development might kill the airline's plan to add 35 new jets, a plan that was contingent on labor deals with all three of its unions.

Joe Tiberi, a spokesman for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, said union officials will talk with its 400 members at Comair to determine what the sticking points were. They'll then head back to the bargaining table with management, he said.