Thread: We got an AIP!
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Old 01-15-2018 | 12:47 PM
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Nacho Libre
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First off congrats on getting to the point of an AIP it means that the Company offer has improved enough that the NC and the MEC feel that it is worth bringing to you for a vote. Your vote is extremely important. It may effect your entire career. Remember it is your vote.
Take into account work rule changes that may or may not be regained once lost. Sit down with the full TA language and read it all, digest it a bit and read it again with a notebook, pen, and calculator handy. Do the math until you have flashbacks of High School Math homework. Ask your coworkers about how they feel about it, go to the roadshow events, ask questions, call or write your NC or MEC officers, don’t take disagreements personally, try to gain perspective from pilots that are in a different financial position than you are and realize that you may have different objectives with regards to where you are at in your life. Realize some have been beaten up by the industry while others haven’t. You may or may not wish to share your yes or no vote and that is fine. Talk to your spouse, SO, friends etc and ask for their opinion. Lastly remember that the leverage you hold is very real right now and if they can’t fill classes and eventually start to cancel flights they will come to you with improvements over the current offer. Is waiting a gamble? Maybe.
Really we wish all of our fellow pilots at Spirit the best. Good luck guy and gals.
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