Originally Posted by
Firsttimeflyer
If you talk with the spirit guys about their experiences with that ownership or even just read their threads about it, it is going to be a long bloody fight.
And if you look at any other airline out there after bankruptcy, the pilots are not handed a beautiful contract back to what they had, it is a long fight sometimes over multiple contracts to get back to what they had pre-bankruptcy. That fighting mentality is the mentality the F9 pilots have developed after being beat down for so many years.
Thankfully FAPA already negotiated full snap backs. Our CBA is exactly, word for word, the same contract we had prior to BK. No work rules were touched, the hourly rates were reduced and scheduled raises were delayed but between today and our amendable date we have 3 new pay tables and a return of lost longevity. Each F9 pilot will experience seven pay raises between now and the amendable date in March 2017 (3 years longevity, return of one year longevity lost, 3 new pay tables).
When FAPA returns to the bargaining table they will do so with the highest pay rates available and no CBA language to recoup.
I am not saying we have the best CBA, far from it, but FAPA did an incredible job protecting what we have.