Originally Posted by Windsor

9E is in trouble. Delta is [edit; upset] at our management due to all the crew cancelations. So how does our management decide to fix the problem? Crack the whip. Will it work? I seriously doubt it. It may stem some of the "unplanned absences" but will not fix the TRUE problem of the fact we are understaffed for the amount of flying we have been given by delta. They should have hired in april to have the new hires spun up by june. They didnt do that, they shoved their heads up their arses and pretended we were properly staffed. Now its crunch time and they find themselves around 100 pilots short. The 5 P's are in full effect.

Now this brings us to the issue of the contract. There is NO fricking way the company is going to go into negotiations next week with the intention of getting this contract done. Why? Because the change in the work rules during the summer busy season would be devastating operationally. Lets face it. The morons running the show in Memphass will bungle the switchover to a new contract just like they've bungled pilot staffing this year. I am seeing a lot of similarities between Spirit and us. With any luck we will be walking our own picket lines around the first week in August.