I had dinner with Giggity last night and there wasn't much talk about mergers, surprisingly it was mostly about her macrame doll collection. I'm guessing the "game plan" is to wait for UA to sign their AIP and then DOS+1 (1 day) we'll hear something about a merger...not with us though. Plan accordingly.

 

And... Even if JB would have agreed to drop the NEA, Spirit BOD still wouldn't have moved forward with JB, just would have changed it's argument to "DOJ wouldn't approve it, JB would raise fares dramatically, not a real ULCC".

The Spirit BOD wanted F9 for their own reasons.

 

Looking at FLL departures, only roughly 16% go to the Northeast. Where do you think the flights go? Lol.

 

New ALPA contract survey out…..


Most important thing you can do this year….

please please please…. Try and get to 100% participant.

 

it’s done…the question about what I think the chances of the negotiating committee being successful made me laugh.

 

Am I the only one who thinks they should’ve waited to release the survey until after the details of United’s AIP were made public?

 

Probably not an oversight with this MEC/NC. Their job is a whole lot easier when survey data is mediocre at best. The UAL AIP being out would likely make their job harder with higher demands.

 

Maybe the MEC can get us a 4% raise if we give up the rest of our scope protections.

 

Lots of negativity toward the union on a public forum isn’t a great look….. highly suggest you all engage your reps directly and tell them your true feelings vs complaining to the world anonymously.

i guess I don’t understand the *****ing. We are still probably 2-4 years from an AIP (unless the company gets desperate). My expectations are UAL/AA/DL a321 rates plus a few percent (and they should all have new contracts by then). On top of that I expect scope protections to stay in place, RSV rules to improve, positive space commuting and virtual bases and lower medical costs.

I think this is reasonable and see no reason why we won’t obtain that…. And frankly, if we don’t, I’ll just quit and go to delta….. not rocket science and not worth getting upset over something that hasn’t happened yet.

just have faith that the volunteers working for you aren’t idiots and are going to work hard to get the best contract possible.

 

LOL!
“Just have faith” in the volunteers that brought us LOA 13 and 17. And if it doesn’t work out, just walk into a Delta jet in FOUR years!
Wow, what a fantastic plan!!
GMAB.

Must be nice having the ability to “just quit and go to Delta”. What’s stopping you now? You’d rather just leave the four years (5000 seniority numbers) on the table?