Originally Posted by
leadsled
Company will just blame the weather.
Was in ORD the other day and they cancelled an MSP flight because of weather. Yeah it was VFR in ORD and MSP, the crew called in fatigue and they didn't have anyone come to save the day.
They can blame weather or whatever to investors and the public...but everyone knows the cause is lack of pilots.
Bobby F is riding the wave of increased customer satisfaction on Spirit (oxymoron?), will he be willing to watch that crash this summer and into the holiday season because of a lack of a new contract?
Facts are facts...
Losing close to 50% pilots so far this year (new hires vs current pilots leaving)
New routes being added
Seasonal summer flying coming back
9 more planes coming this year
Summer increase in block hours.
Company is already failing the Spring Break stress test, doesnt take a genius to figure how summer will go.