Originally Posted by
THKooj
I have to strongly disagree with the opinions here that are in favor of leaving Envoy for a ULCC. Take Spirit for example since they have been discussed. They have a terrible reputation with customer service, charge exorbitant fees for everything and are delay and cancel prone. Plus their payrates are bottom of the barrel and I wouldn't touch their contract with a 10 foot pole. They seem to be riding high, for now. However, toss in a recession and you could show up to work at a place like that and find yourself furloughed or worse, find the doors locked. To give up a sure seat at American Airlines, for that….is the definition of insanity. AA isn’t going anywhere and is the closest thing to lifetime employment that you can find in the year 2020.
You want to talk about recession, Spirit pilots got a great contract in 2010, and order 75 Airbus in 2011. What was the legacies doing around that time?
Spirit ranked #6 while AA is at #7
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christo...o-fly-in-2020/
We are not riding high now, we’ve been doing that for the past 8 years. I rather be in the left seat in a yellow bus than left seat of an RJ, but that’s just me incase something bad happens. If you don’t want to touch our contract because our 4-5 year CA are getting $250K+ 401K DC that’s fine. 22 NH came from Envoy last year, I’m curious what they have to say.