The Spirit of Freedom
 

No mandate. Testing option given. Hope SWA is listening. 👍🏻

we stand with all our brothers and sisters at SWA.

have a happy Columbus Day!!!

Until/unless OSHA gets off their fat @$$€$ and actually mandates this, it’s all smoke. I personally believe everybody over age 30 OUGHT to be vaccinated but no one ought to be MANDATED to get vaccinated. But if there is going to be a mandate, it ought to be LEGALLY MANDATED, not just a press release that those opposed to it can’t challenge in court because there is nothing in writing to BE challenged.

Did I miss a new email?


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No. I believe Spirit isn't a government contractor, so they don't have to require the vaccine. They can do testing instead.

I wouldn’t get too excited yet. They haven’t formally announced any testing/vaccine mandate vs mandate only. I read Ted’s email and yes he does mention testing/vaccination, he also said a plan will be announced going forward

My guess, is the logistics involved in crew testing/tracking and pulling crews who don’t submit test, tests positive, or late lab results, coupled with Spirit never having enough support staff for anything, will be enough for Spirit to not offer a testing option.

Just my guess, we will see soon enough. But I’ve never known this company to select an option that included more paperwork for their understaffed departments while compounding the opportunities for flight cancellations/disruptions

They can’t even get their random pee test right.

the FO opened the cockpit door and then told me I had a random pee test. Okay

after everyone deplaned and I filed out I found that they also snagged two of my FAs and so the contractor called me by my name and nope that is not me. He didn’t believe me even after I showed him my ID. The capt he was looking for was on the plane but he was deadheading out of uniform so he slipped passed the guy and got away.

so that’s a plus to be deadheading out of uniform.

I guess the guy saw Capt so and so on the notification paperwork and assumed that the captain was going to be in the flight deck and not one of the 6 other captains deadheading on board the flight.

Cool story bro

I kind of feel this way as well. We cant even solve some rather recurring and mundane IT issues, yet we expect them to pull off weekly testing and all the headaches that come with that? Not to mention the cost of doing it this way.

OP needs some reading comprehension. This issue has not been decided. I honestly don’t think they even care about us bc when push comes to shove we will do whatever is required on this topic bc very few will throw away their career over it.

I think they’re more worried about losing a ton of below the wing and above the wing airport staff when they need them most. Also FAs