Originally Posted by
WelcomeToBen
Just in case anybody is misconstruing my recent posts for bi***ing after a mere 18 months of being online, I can assure you that is not the case. I love working at Spirit and really want to spend the rest of my career here which is why I feel it's so important to point out the current deficiencies with our contract. I have nothing but respect for the guys that were here in 2010 and what they did for all of us that are on line now. That being said, if we are going to make this a career destination, we need to continue the hard work done in 2010 and shore up the parts of our contract that are lagging behind. It concerns me that a lot of our guys are so busy defending 4 days off and transition conflict (two great work rules) that they tend to ignore the areas that we need to work on.
I think this is a good discussion to have. I guess where I disagree is that I don't find many guys ignoring or justifying now deficient areas in the CBA compared to our peers. Our next contract will be better than C2010. The contract survey just closed and negotiations will be starting soon. If a TA is reached and it doesn't address all of these concerns, then I will agree that those deficiencies were ignored. I don't think the people doing the negotiating have their head in the sand. Maybe I'm an optimist.