Your flat out wrong about your evaluation of Spirit vs the rest of the industry. I have first hand experience to dispute your assumption. Led by Mr Olechowski and Mr. Puyear, two of the most classless individuals in the industry, are the major players who helped create the wonderful " pilot friendly" climate. The levels of personal destruction and intimidation tactics used by these individuals are second to no one in the industry. Like I stated in an earlier example no airline calls pilots in on days off for "notices of investigation" more often then spirit, NO ONE! Your right things are fixable, but not with the current group of clowns running the show. Your career will always be hanging on a thread. When that thread breaks you will be counting on a very weak union to save your tail. Your right things are not always greener on the other side, going to the bottom of a list, being on reserve ect. However, there is a different culture at a major. I was never questioned about calling in sick, nor did I personally ever get any grief for making a decision based on safety. So if you really want to make this work I suggest you band together shut up the Tureks and bielaska's of Spirit, get rid of the management cancers (olechowski), and the weak union guys in bed with company. The great majority of Spirit pilots are great guys, but you have some bad seeds taking this small airline down. I can't release the good stuff yet, but I have yet to see this situation occur at a major or regional I have been employed at. Here is just one example of the type of people YOU are counting on. This is a copy of an email sent out by a spirit captain.

"Here are some other emails I sent to the MEC and never received a response. You would think a MEC as clean as the VIRGIN MARRY would respond.....???? How can they respond when they are GUILTY as SIN....!!!

Lets get this straight, a Captain Rep turned in one of our pilots to the FAA and we are going to sit back and look the other way.....??? What if they turned you in....what would you think???

You guys need to step up and ask the tough questions................Did you turn the FO into the FAA...YES or NO???
If you discover the Captain RAT turned in the FO you should think about recalling him. The ball is in your court.


Thanks,

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Captain/check airman"