Originally Posted by
IamEssential
Lack of retention is absolutely destroying the company right now and
*in response leadership has buried their heads in the sand.*
Upgrade times have sky rocketed, IROPS are worse and unrecoverable, flying has been cut back, reserve times are endless and you are used every day, and planes will be forced to be parked as new ones come in. The "growth" plans are all but forgotten. Spirit is still a lot better than a regional, but expect SWA like upgrade times and you will be on reserve for at least a year, maybe more.
A lot of these problems are of your own doing. Union will not agree to first-year pay raises from the company without raising all wages (fair enough... to a degree...) or fear that raising only first year rates will hamper negotiations later on(possibly remotely true but probably not...and with a joint contract due with Green or Blue it doesn't really...).
So bottom line you reap what you sow. **** on first-year guys while reaping your own - now you get endless reserve and forever upgrade times and lack of growth.
I know this opinion will be as popular as 40grit toilet paper but oh well, quit your whining if you're not going to do something about it.