Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
This actually isn’t true. Many quite senior folks that left in the last round thought they would have more answers. Thought surely by their class dates they would know if Spirit would live or die in the near future. They never got those answers. You can’t push your class that far these days. Once you tell them no you don’t get another shot.
Some of those guys took 80% paycuts and now work every weekend and holiday.
I know I won’t tell a legacy no and right now can’t in good conscience tell them yes. We need to know what the plan is for Spirit. The thing that keeps me somewhat optimistic is when you are owed $2B you don’t liquidate an airline that owns next to nothing if there is any shot someone else sees value in the enterprise. You also don’t tell a purchaser no unless you think you can get more at a later date or from someone else, which is what they did twice.
In the mean time they have some airplanes that have value and aren’t leased. I’d expect to see those go and furloughs to happen. They need the cash to keep the fuel flowing in the near term. Simple as that.
listen, I don’t think NK is going anywhere and you’ll end up with F9 but that “Go to a legacy and you’ll end up working every weekend and Holiday” just isnt true and I believed it for a long time and it kept me at NK longer than needed. My wife and I struggled when JB/NK merger was blocked because we both thought the same, gone all the time, working every weekend, every holiday etc and that hasn’t been the case at all. The Paycut Is however SIGNIFICANT and that will hurt for a while, lol but the Schedule isn’t bad and if you want to Stay on RSV, it also is significantly better than NK (significantly). Obviously it helps I’m based in EWR but just wanted to point this out. And you nailed it in one regard, I thought I would have had a clearer view of NKs future before my class date, and clearly that wasn’t the case. Anyway, I don’t fault anyone for staying or going or bailing completely on this BS industry but just wanted to point this out for those maybe facing the decision soon. This I can say with confidence, you will miss the Airbus 😂 and the Crews for sure, but you’ll enjoy the variety in flying, the ability to have much more control of your schedule on RSV and the trip trading is vastly better but that could be just because there is more flying to choose from. Anyway, good luck to everyone having to make the decision, it’s brutal and I feel for ya.