Originally Posted by Lakeaffect

Yikes—this feels unsustainable, maybe it is.

I’m genuinely curious what AF Onewire, DERA, and others who are against picking up premium trips while pilots are on furlough think about this:

For a current Spirit pilot being offered premium (x/y) trips right now, what should they do, in your view?

Is accepting those trips right or wrong? Is it helping preserve jobs for furloughed pilots to return to? Or is it prolonging furloughs by covering flying that would otherwise create recall pressure?

I’ve been hearing a lot of very confident opinions that don’t seem well thought out. Things get thrown around as if they’re obvious truths like calling this “scab territory” without a real understanding of what that actually means.

I’ve had real cockpit conversations where pilots believe a strike vote means you can strike immediately and use that misunderstanding to justify strong opinions about contracts and other pilots.

It feels like a lot of this comes from people wanting to sound informed or aligned with the group, but operating off simplified rules like: “Don’t help the company” and “Don’t pick up premium during furloughs”

The problem is, when those rules are applied without a deeper understanding, they can become counterproductive depending on the situation.

I get that forums are an outlet for trolling and ****ery, but setting that aside. What’s your honest take on picking up premium trips at Spirit right now?