GuardBummer

Thanks a million.

skater3260

The irony of the hometown Rocky Mountain airline being brought to its knees by a slightly inaccurate snow forecast in Denver amazes me. Is there better proof of how weak this operation really has become under the reigns of Franke and Biffle?
I can't recommend this job to any colleagues anymore, no matter how desperate they are for a flying gig- for the simple fact I feel a twinge of embarrassment every time I don the uniform and go to work. Twice in one year this airline has fallen apart when Denver gets hit with snow, and not once has our "leadership" (I.e. Accountants) taken any shred of responsibility for this. Not even a "sorry to our employees that were stranded and unable to contact us". Complete radio silence from the Chief Pilot's office during the whole debacle! Not one stinking memo. This place does not have your back.
Not looking forward to the rest of this winter at work.

DENpilot

Hey now, he's super busy having section 13 hearings, going to France for new airplanes, sitting in our negotiations on behalf of the company, and doing God knows what in SOC all the time. There's no time to support your pilot group...

Missed Appch

All Crews,

We wanted to take a moment to recognize all the effort that you put in over the last week. As you
know, the operation experienced an extremely challenging week. Thanks to all of you who continued to
work hard, operate flights, and help our passengers get to their destinations during the holiday season.
During our conversations with crews over the last week, we saw a snapshot of those of you who went
the extra mile without any request from the company (e.g. bringing bags/strollers down the jetway,
assisting passengers, finding wheelchairs, listing yourselves for a company flight even though you
weren’t listed for a DH, making yourselves available to fly when you could have contractually gone
home, finding yourself a hotel room when the company was unable). The list goes on and on. We
recognize the majority of it we will never even be aware of because you didn’t do it for “extra credit”,
but because it was the right thing to do. All we can say is thank you. To all of you, Thank You.

From everyone on the Flight Operations team, Happy Holidays and thanks again for all that you do!

Best Wishes,

JP, Carlos, Shawn, Adam and Aaron


Way to go guys and girls.

Firsttimeflyer

You guys and gals aren't getting paid to be union members of the wheelchair association, the stroller handling group, the scheduling folks, the hotel staff, or as extra flight attendants or to assist in cleaning the cabin after arrival. You are doing Alpa and all it's members a disservice when you are the least paid and most overworked group and continue to willingly hurt your own bargaining. That extra mile disappeared when nobody came to the negotiating table. Not sure why some of you don't get it.

ULLI

100% accurate statement! They are probably not reading or receiving the union emails re management having 0 desire to spread the wealth.

Missed Appch

Yep, it's just not that hard to understand.

ClearCreek

Perfectly said. Those that don't get it never will. And it's pathetic to watch them.

F9 Driver

Very well said! And our guys are still throwing bags and picking up VJA like when we were under bankruptcy's boot. So much for situational awareness.

F9 Driver

I wonder if they ever quantified what takeing away our email saved them? Not that email is a valid form of communication or anything. It's not positive telephone contact, but it couldn't hurt.