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Cyio 04-21-2022 11:49 PM


Originally Posted by afterburn81 (Post 3410182)
Have you heard or seen any official communication, regarding ATL opening as a base, since the proposed Blue buyout announcement?

fairly certain I have seen day trips out of there next month so while it may not be an official base yet I think our presence there may be expanding.

Bluedriver 04-22-2022 01:37 AM


Originally Posted by FahQ2 (Post 3409662)
The first rule of first 24 hour DOT request lag is we don’t talk about first 24 hour DOT request lag.

Accept that no computer ever made can handle it, and never speak of this issue again.

Ok, hilarious... And sounds exactly like this company I'm familiar with...

SlimBob 04-22-2022 09:01 AM


Originally Posted by Skybound12 (Post 3409910)
With the new bids out, how quickly would a new hire be able to get ACY?

Possibly out of training. Nobody really knows since the company can't figure out of to run a vacancy/displacement bid right now.

Ed Force One 04-22-2022 10:21 AM


Originally Posted by JulesWinfield (Post 3409252)
Everything is a super manual process because the software was built in the early 80s. SABRE essentially has a monopoly.

The program at my regional was better than Spirit.

Spirit is better than my regional. (tm)

BusBoi 04-23-2022 05:42 AM

I don't know if I'm buying this "we can't get it to run the bid properly" thing. Flica is a reputable product that has been around for years and is used by many airlines. If it wasn't capable of running a displacement bid correctly, something like that would be well known.

JulesWinfield 04-23-2022 06:19 AM


Originally Posted by BusBoi (Post 3410865)
I don't know if I'm buying this "we can't get it to run the bid properly" thing. Flica is a reputable product that has been around for years and is used by many airlines. If it wasn't capable of running a displacement bid correctly, something like that would be well known.

It has to be customized for each specific contract. You’ve seen the chaos every open time drop, right?

CincoDeMayo 04-23-2022 06:27 AM


Originally Posted by BusBoi (Post 3410865)
I don't know if I'm buying this "we can't get it to run the bid properly" thing. Flica is a reputable product that has been around for years and is used by many airlines. If it wasn't capable of running a displacement bid correctly, something like that would be well known.

You were the one last page talking about how long DOT takes to process, you really think a mass displacement bid would be easier than DOT? Flica (Sabre) sucks.

I would guess this is Spirit going to Sabre a few weeks before the displacement and saying they will be doing it before trying it out first, and then it fails. Reminds me of when Jyri turned on the new release software without a trial run and the system crashed and was asking guys to file their own flight plans.

Ready Fire Aim, the Spirit way

gatorbird 04-23-2022 05:55 PM


Originally Posted by BusBoi (Post 3410865)
I don't know if I'm buying this "we can't get it to run the bid properly" thing. Flica is a reputable product that has been around for years and is used by many airlines. If it wasn't capable of running a displacement bid correctly, something like that would be well known.

Then you don't know "Sabre Crew Disasters" very well.

FLiCA was once a pretty good product, small but trying to get better. Then they got bought by Sabre and stank up the place.

Flyby1206 04-24-2022 11:47 AM

Did you guys ever have a BNA base? I thought I remembered some corporate functions were moving there?

FNGFO 04-24-2022 11:56 AM


Originally Posted by Flyby1206 (Post 3411573)
Did you guys ever have a BNA base? I thought I remembered some corporate functions were moving there?

No, and they shelves the plans to move corporate to BNA. Operations are split between FLL and MCO with a new HQ building being constructed near the FLL airport. Mergers not withstanding.


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