I'm right there with you Lobaeux!!

 

So much for my previous comments about no indications of DTW reducing or closing...Spirit for Us, planning accordingly does not exist in our vocabulary.

 

Just in case anyone wanted to know:

Detroit named most miserable U.S. city in Forbes ranking | Reuters

 

I feel sorry for the good people that live and believe in DTW.

 

No one I know lives in Detroit. Everyone is in the suburbs of the greater DTW area. West of DTW, towards Ann Arbor are good areas. Same thing north, you go into Canton, Plymouth, and Farmington Hills. These are excellent areas. The Canton school district is very nice! To the south you have Monroe and other cities, still ok. DTW itself is in Romulus, and I wouldn't live there. But there are plenty of nice areas suburbs. Brighton has an airport/airpark and several NWA/Delta guys own hangar+houses at that airpark. Troy is also decent from what I hear.

 

Speaking of DTW, there's a reduction bid of 10 capt. 10 fo's. Hang on, its going to get bumpy.

 

Hope that doesnt happen to ACY. I guess the only glimmer of hope is if ORD does open it won't be too bad of commute?

 

My understanding is ACY status quo, planing increased the capt lines to compensate for new hires coming and going.

 

Fellow Pilots:

At the close of business on Friday, February 22, Spirit management issued a reduction bid for the DTW Domicile.

This came as a surprise to your MEC leadership, as we were never directly contacted or consulted by members of Flight Ops Management about this possibility. While this is regrettable, and will no doubt impact the lives of many pilots and their families to a great degree, we must take stock of the fact Spirit management has the sole discretion as to where domiciles are located and how they are staffed.

Your MEC conservatively estimates that the cost to the Company of involuntary displacements, secondary displacements, and possible additional training costs associated with those that choose to downgrade as a result of this displacement will exceed $150,000, at a minimum. In fact, the costs could be much higher.

We can only assume that the metrics of Spirit’s business model make the involuntary displacements and associated training costs the most cost-effective business decision.

Your MEC will attempt to engage with management to get more information about the reduction and will pass that information on to you as soon as it is available. Please stay tuned.

 

Before this reduction, how big is DTW in CAs and FOs?