Originally Posted by symbian simian

If you are not part of the solution.....

I don't leave the plane before power and air are hooked up. I go down and ask for the ramp supervisor, I explain that we are supposed to keep the APU off till 10 min prior, if after the second time I go down telling them not to disconnect, and still they disconnect the air (25 minutes prior) I send an email with gate number and time to fuelburn@spirit (and here is the reply I got within the hour:

Thu 5/9/2019 7:55 PM
Hello ,###
Thanks for your message – I have shared this with my station leadership at PIT for corrective action,


I also send that email every single time the air can't keep up with the OAT. I make $210/flight hour, so about $150/hr in uniform, they make $12/hr. Our job is seniority based, they can go flip burgers at the King tomorrow for the same pay/benefits. Who should be more invested to keep this company profitable?


If you really think you are affecting their bonus think again, they will just outsource something else for short term profit gain, and blame the economy once that affects our performance.

And while I am ranting:
I can remember most here complaining about our operational performance, "but if they would just pay us what we deserve" everything would get better. The contract passed, most (by far) voted in favor, so get your ass in gear and do your job and every one else's to prove we deserve what we make. /Rant over


So why are we still industry leading in fume events?