The official good news Spirit Thread
04-02-2026 | 09:06 PM
#181
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pick up open time …. Yes you are screwing over a furloughed pilot. It’s so painfully obvious I’m not sure if you are trolling. Also wtf are you talking about assumptions? I simply said picking up open time while people are on the street is not cool. I made ZERO assumptions. All this is is NK pilots eating other NK pilots to get a buck. ALPA is a disgrace for allowing what has happened to happen. And now we have a generation of Union pilots who will pick up open time while their brothers and sisters are on the streets.
Reasonable minds can disagree….nothing that you do or say is reasonable. Accusing me of making assumptions, I never made any… not even one. Picking up open time with peps on the street and trying to rationalize it is not reasonable. It’s shameful.
Reasonable minds can disagree….nothing that you do or say is reasonable. Accusing me of making assumptions, I never made any… not even one. Picking up open time with peps on the street and trying to rationalize it is not reasonable. It’s shameful.
04-03-2026 | 07:54 AM
#182
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Why does this have to become another nasty thread of name calling, hate and negativity? This is the good news thread ONLY.
It seems triggering for some that us spirit holdouts are actually happy and excited for the new hires about to come onboard. We know how great his place is and QOL will continue to improve when we start taking deliveries again next year. (If we aren’t acquired)
The two bankruptcies really broke some “spirits”. Any former NK pilots lurking the “good news thread” trying to sh*t on our occasional snippets of good news really needs to step back and think about the miserable person they have become.
It seems triggering for some that us spirit holdouts are actually happy and excited for the new hires about to come onboard. We know how great his place is and QOL will continue to improve when we start taking deliveries again next year. (If we aren’t acquired)
The two bankruptcies really broke some “spirits”. Any former NK pilots lurking the “good news thread” trying to sh*t on our occasional snippets of good news really needs to step back and think about the miserable person they have become.
04-03-2026 | 09:40 AM
#183
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This is good news tho because it shows they are still trying to run the airline, but can they get these people trained and flying fast enough to cover trips fast enough is the question.
04-03-2026 | 11:50 AM
#184
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From: ERJ CA
There is a significant schedule reduction May onwards- So it looks like they are trying to tackle the issue on both ends, flying less, and recruiting enough to stem the attrition. In a way trying to shrink but hiring everyone they can at the same time.
04-03-2026 | 04:16 PM
#185
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reading comprehension skills are hard, this might be a difficult concept, but try to follow. You are saying that someone is screwing someone else over by picking up open time, full stop. I’m asking you, that if I drop all my trips and then pick up one open time trip, that is screwing over pilots on the street? There are plenty of scenarios out there that pilots pick up open time or premium trips and are flying less than the average line holder. If you’re thinking that just because someone picks up a trip that they are now guilty of some shameful act then that is an assumption. I don’t know what else to tell you. Reasonable minds can disagree. Unreasonable minds cry, complain, and call people names.
Opinions and assumptions are two separate things that’s what you seem to not understand
keep picking up open time, rationalize it however you want.
04-03-2026 | 04:26 PM
#186
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Why does this have to become another nasty thread of name calling, hate and negativity? This is the good news thread ONLY.
It seems triggering for some that us spirit holdouts are actually happy and excited for the new hires about to come onboard. We know how great his place is and QOL will continue to improve when we start taking deliveries again next year. (If we aren’t acquired)
The two bankruptcies really broke some “spirits”. Any former NK pilots lurking the “good news thread” trying to sh*t on our occasional snippets of good news really needs to step back and think about the miserable person they have become.
It seems triggering for some that us spirit holdouts are actually happy and excited for the new hires about to come onboard. We know how great his place is and QOL will continue to improve when we start taking deliveries again next year. (If we aren’t acquired)
The two bankruptcies really broke some “spirits”. Any former NK pilots lurking the “good news thread” trying to sh*t on our occasional snippets of good news really needs to step back and think about the miserable person they have become.
statements like this in the so called “good news threads” are a direct spit in the face of the furloughed and downgraded pilots over the years. Maybe you need to take a look in the mirror and understand how people’s careers and lives have been derailed while you boast about all the open time opportunities you enjoy.
04-03-2026 | 04:32 PM
#187
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“Happy Easter everyone. I hope you all saw the awesome news. 200% for anything that touches Friday through Sunday. Pilots and FAs. Enjoy being the highest paid pilots this weekend.”
statements like this in the so called “good news threads” are a direct spit in the face of the furloughed and downgraded pilots over the years. Maybe you need to take a look in the mirror and understand how people’s careers and lives have been derailed while you boast about all the open time opportunities you enjoy.
statements like this in the so called “good news threads” are a direct spit in the face of the furloughed and downgraded pilots over the years. Maybe you need to take a look in the mirror and understand how people’s careers and lives have been derailed while you boast about all the open time opportunities you enjoy.
nonetheless. There have been various iterations of this kind of poster trolling this spirit sub forum
04-04-2026 | 07:47 AM
#188
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Your Opinion: A Pilot who picks up open time with pilots on furlough, regardless of the broader context of that pilots schedule, is always shameful.
Notice how your judgment/opinion is based on your Assumption? You don’t even realize you’re making an assumption, that is extremely common with people who have heated opinions. Without your assumption, your opinion falls away.
04-04-2026 | 11:37 AM
#189
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Your Assumption: Picking up open time in any way regardless of the broader context of one’s schedule is always harmful to furlough pilots.
Your Opinion: A Pilot who picks up open time with pilots on furlough, regardless of the broader context of that pilots schedule, is always shameful.
Notice how your judgment/opinion is based on your Assumption? You don’t even realize you’re making an assumption, that is extremely common with people who have heated opinions. Without your assumption, your opinion falls away.
Your Opinion: A Pilot who picks up open time with pilots on furlough, regardless of the broader context of that pilots schedule, is always shameful.
Notice how your judgment/opinion is based on your Assumption? You don’t even realize you’re making an assumption, that is extremely common with people who have heated opinions. Without your assumption, your opinion falls away.
Your opinion: assisting in covering open time, thus reducing staffing requirements, does not delay recalls. Instead of bringing a brother back to cover that trip, they can continue chillaxing at home while you step up to the plate.
Notice how your judgment/opinion is based on your Assumption? You don’t even realize you’re making an assumption, that is extremely common with people who have heated opinions. Without your assumption, your opinion falls away.
04-04-2026 | 11:37 AM
#190
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From: Aircraft & Seat: old & hard
Your Assumption: Picking up open time in any way regardless of the broader context of one’s schedule is always harmful to furlough pilots.
Your Opinion: A Pilot who picks up open time with pilots on furlough, regardless of the broader context of that pilots schedule, is always shameful.
Notice how your judgment/opinion is based on your Assumption? You don’t even realize you’re making an assumption, that is extremely common with people who have heated opinions. Without your assumption, your opinion falls away.
Your Opinion: A Pilot who picks up open time with pilots on furlough, regardless of the broader context of that pilots schedule, is always shameful.
Notice how your judgment/opinion is based on your Assumption? You don’t even realize you’re making an assumption, that is extremely common with people who have heated opinions. Without your assumption, your opinion falls away.
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