If you don't mind my asking, what, exactly was the "certain future" that were you promised and how was the VP of flight ops able to predict such?

It's sort of like Candy Mountain. ; )

I don't think he was promised a "certain future" but more like he wasn't sure what the future will bring. An COLA may be too long a minimum period for him to be comfortable with not being active on the line should something pop up...

No such statement was made. I was saying that if I have some certainty that I'll be in the same work situation in 6-12 months, I'd be very willing to take a COLA to help out with the staffing surplus.

This industry may not be the best industry to expect any level of certainty in any aspect of seat, job, career or work situation.

I wonder how many Eastern, Braniff, Pan Am, "old" Frontier, etc. were surprised by the dramatic and sometimes sudden change in their company.

One day at a time. Zero expectations and unbridled optimism is my way of starting each day - I'm rarely disappointed.

If Frontier found an investor, I'd feel pretty confident that my job situation would remain unchanged in 6-12 months. My job situation has hardly changed from where I was 6 years ago. I had a little more seniority for about 18 months, and then the bankruptcy put me back where I've been sitting for the last 4.5 years. My pay is with a few dollars of where it was, my seniority is within a few numbers, and about all that's changed is I live in a different house and the kids are older.

That said, "Expectation is the death of serenity."

Oh yeah, I also pay less in dues now. :-)

Rumor has it there is an airline out there who wants to "rebrand" and F9 may be a merger candidate in order to do that.

Who would that be? Inquiring minds would like to know.

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HI Bolo!