The official good news Spirit Thread
 

Can we please have a Thread that contains only good news?

Today is a new day and for the first time in a long time we have hope. Despite what people want you to think Spirit is actually a great place to work. We have some of the most talented and dedicated pilots in the industry. We want this place to survive. We love our (sometimes dysfunctional) airline. We finally have leadership and a board of directors that know what they are doing. If there wasn’t any chance of this place being viable or confidence in Dave Davis then the bond holders and board would have shut the place down.

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The official good news thread begins now FEB 25 2026………..

Thought you might have started it off with news

This will be a very short thread.

Hey good news spirit pilots Calmpilot now has 170 credit hours this month after helping the company recover from the snow storm!!!

So what? This just seems like a jealousy post. People picking up premium time has no bearing on if the company brings back furloughed pilots or not. They’re shrinking the fleet, that’s why the furloughs. Only difference would be those flights would have been cancelled otherwise. The people who have stayed here actually want the airline to succeed. And that’s what it takes right now.

yeah I’m not jealous of what a spirit pilot is making.

Just calling out a team player that’s all. The pilots who where forced to leave appreciate you and all of your suffering and sacrifice.

Is the good news that management will be meeting with union partners or that overpaid law groups are comparing pay and benefits to "industry peers" or another law group is analyzing cba's to meet the new labor strategy while planning for additional labor negotiations? Don't think this is going anywhere good

Well la de da..........aren't you so cool.........

Time to give back that first bite of the apple, we simply can't afford industry-standard pay. 🙄

Exiting bankruptcy was supposed to include snapbacks and equity correct?

Feb 26 2026

The massive cancellations have subsided. Only 1 cancellation and 98% morning fleet launch on time.

The emergence news has curbed the sick and vacation time burn. According to a FLL FA coordinator, all FA recall positions have been filled.

The people who are falling on the sword are selfish pricks who make everyone else’s life miserable. This isn’t a start-up. Employees have no equity in the company. But good luck making $150/hr as a CA to “save” Neds Kids.

He has a point…..

NO. the new cba stays in place until 2028/29

Spirit Airlines Recognized for Aviation Maintenance Technician Safety by the FAA with Diamond Award of Excellence.

https://www.prnewswire.com/news-rele...302697496.html

Any chance they’re going to start paying us in Diamonds?😅

For the first time in a long we are at zero cancellations on a Saturday. The great news this week has certainly calmed everyone down.

Bendo’s video with Davis yesterday was reassuring. It’s obvious they can’t say much but the whole vibe was certainly a welcome change. I have never seen Davis smile before.

Hang in there!

An extra round of bonuses for having a pulse will have that affect.

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You weren’t coming on to point out the heavy cancellation rate for today? Didn’t you claim the ship steadied with Smilin’ Dave Davis at the wheel?

Typical weekend meltdown was shifted back a day. There are 10+ open trips out of just NY tomorrow with negative reserve coverage and no premium interest. Looks like we'll give the Middle East airlines a run for their money in cancellation %

I never saw him smile once while he was at Sun Country. He’s a robot.

Until it doesn’t.

Well, thats where the bankruptcy protection letter comes in. Of the three clauses they can use to come to us for more concessions, the main one, "material adverse change" to the business plan is a fairly strong wording.. and I don't think "creditors want another 10% cut" would cross the definition of a material adverse change.. especially considering all we've heard in Dec/Jan was to help out next weekend because bookings are high...

I'm guessing the conversation is, we burned through that 100m in savings that was meant for a year in just 10 weeks with nonstop IROPS. So they want the employees to pay the cost of their bad management yet again. They already said they've targeted an additional 300m in non fleet savings. How much of that is the labor group being hit with?!

Ask the Calmpirate.

Better question is not IF they will ask, but will NK pilots give more when asked.

They are “In for a penny in for a pound”.

I know a few of my colleagues ready to help with more concessions. They say it can’t come fast enough .

Why wait? They can always send money back to the company now. Or start a gofundme for the execs unemployment country club membership...

It’s official! We are recalling and upgrading again! 200% pay for spring break pairings!

March and April bookings are over 87%. Exiting bankruptcy early summer.

This is the beginning of the greatest airline comeback story.

The real good news is that all furloughed pilots are being recalled and upgraded classes are starting this summer.

That is correct. All furloughed will be recalled. The furloughed FAs will be back on line by next week.

Recall also means that Spirit is not likely to go to 13 pilots per airplane.

Or that they don't plan on many coming back. Hell I wouldn't.

Pretty sure they need them for summer and are hoping that attrition does the dirty work for them, otherwise come fall right back out the door would be the expectation.

^^ This. They're probably planning for continued attrition as well. It still makes financial sense long-term to leave (assuming your <55yo)

They can take their 8% DC and shove it where the sun doesn't shine. Even with recalls and upgrades I'm still out.

You would have to be a fool to come back here unless you could get an LOA from somewhere and split when it makes financial sense.

Use this recall to your advantage people, none of you on the street owe anything to spirit.

Wow. So many missable former employees just can’t help themselves but come back to “the good news thread” and try and negatively spin the fantastic news furloughed and downgraded pilots have been waiting for.

Enjoy your commute;)

The purge is almost complete. We are going to have a tight knit pro spirit pilot group motivated to Make Spirit Great Again.

Exactly. They see the attrition, they see the canceled flights, so might as well offer recalls to whoever will come to get them through the summer and then reevaluate.

Larger issue is the increasing oil price and how will the ULCC/LCC deal with that cost.