700 furloughs have not been announced 7/13/20
07-13-2020 | 01:14 PM
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Because Spirit has always had one person doing the job of three people and pay them half as much as other airlines. That’s why there is more turnover and no one ever answers the phone. They have always run lean. Baldanza used to only turn on half the ballest lights at hq.
07-13-2020 | 07:29 PM
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07-13-2020 | 08:53 PM
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Big three have thousands of pilots retiring in the next 5 years, NK has 50, so early out isn't going to do much. For every displaced WB Captain the big three have 6-ish full training events, and they just furloughed half of the training center, for NK, 1 SIM session and a line check and you are an FO again. Spirit has ZERO incentive to offer paid leave, so don't count on any paid long term leave. The only reason SWA is offering long term paid leave (200K/year as a 12 year FO ) is because furloughs sound bad, when is the last time NK woried about sounding bad?
07-13-2020 | 08:57 PM
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Big three have thousands of pilots retiring in the next 5 years, NK has 50, so early out isn't going to do much. For every displaced WB Captain the big three have 6-ish full training events, and they just furloughed half of the training center, for NK, 1 SIM session and a line check and you are an FO again. Spirit has ZERO incentive to offer paid leave, so don't count on any paid long term leave. The only reason SWA is offering long term paid leave (200K/year as a 12 year FO ) is because furloughs sound bad, when is the last time NK woried about sounding bad?
07-14-2020 | 03:05 AM
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Big three have thousands of pilots retiring in the next 5 years, NK has 50, so early out isn't going to do much. For every displaced WB Captain the big three have 6-ish full training events, and they just furloughed half of the training center, for NK, 1 SIM session and a line check and you are an FO again. Spirit has ZERO incentive to offer paid leave, so don't count on any paid long term leave. The only reason SWA is offering long term paid leave (200K/year as a 12 year FO ) is because furloughs sound bad, when is the last time NK woried about sounding bad?
07-14-2020 | 06:12 AM
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Big three have thousands of pilots retiring in the next 5 years, NK has 50, so early out isn't going to do much. For every displaced WB Captain the big three have 6-ish full training events, and they just furloughed half of the training center, for NK, 1 SIM session and a line check and you are an FO again. Spirit has ZERO incentive to offer paid leave, so don't count on any paid long term leave. The only reason SWA is offering long term paid leave (200K/year as a 12 year FO ) is because furloughs sound bad, when is the last time NK woried about sounding bad?
when they still ran classes to honor job offers this spring....
07-14-2020 | 06:17 AM
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