Originally Posted by
Qotsaautopilot
Staffing, and thereby relative seniority which will determine you base, your seat, your vacation weeks, weekends off, holidays off, furlough status.
Everything else is a moot point.
That doesn't answer the question of how PBS only benefits the top but somehow line bidding doesn't.
Thank you for not saying a 'mute' point.
I don't have a problem giving the company more efficiency as long as we're compensated for our fair share of that. Southwest employs 13 pilots per airframe and we employ 18 (round numbers). That level of inefficiency with our current ask isn't good for the long term health of Spirit nor for our continued employment. I want Spirit competitive. I want us lean. And I want us able to compete against our peers because this is the horse I've hitched my wagon to. Correcting our staffing inefficiency in a growth period is the best way we can swallow this pill as there wouldn't be any furloughs and any delay in upgrade will actually benefit us as the new hires we have now will not be ready to upgrade anytime soon.
I'll grant them efficiency improvements in exchange for industry standard pay, rigs, retirement, scope, and LTD. I think it's a fair proposition.