Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Clueless. I would say its all the multiple misteps by management and the Fed Gov helped put NK in this posiiton, and the company wastes a ton of money with many of the items you listed, but to say its not a pilots job to save money when they can is akin to cutting off that nose to spite your face. Pilots have huge control over costs every day with those 2 large levers between the two pilots.
Pilots saving money wont help save Spirit if they are going to fail, but to say its not our jobs to help save money is really a clueless statement.
Originally Posted by
Lincoln Osiris
Show me in our contract where it mentions profit sharing. Then I'll care about "saving the company money".
Pilots (well most Captains anyway), who are stuck in the seniority list for a lot longer than most managers have a vested interest in helping make the company economically viable. I wouldn't take that as far as extending to 0500 after a really long day, flying unfit, etc. But SE taxi and selective APU use isn't very hard and makes a difference over the long run.
With that said, the reality is that the company does need to provide short-term financial incentives for operational performance metrics such as fuel use, if they want a large majority to comply. Just human nature.