Originally Posted by
Froggy
Not sure I understand why picking something up out of base is such an issue over there. At my current airline we have no restrictions on that. That flexibility seems to be more helpful than hurtful for the pilot group more often than not. Especially when you are a commuter and a trip out of a different base might work better. Seems a little short sided to me unless there are specific issues that Spirit has with that that are unique....
The specific, unique issue we have is a couple of very vocal pilots got the ear of their not so bright union reps who agreed that out of base pickups were a bad idea. Now those reps want to waste negotiating capital to restrict it.