Originally Posted by GWY320

“I am thrilled that we were able to reach an agreement with the AFA, providing our Flight Attendants the pay increases they deserve while keeping our airline in a strong financial position,” said John Bendoraitis, Spirit’s Chief Operations Officer. “From the beginning we were committed to showing how much we value the contributions of our great flight attendants and ensuring the future of our airline. This agreement achieves this goal.”


“I want to thank the members of the AFA negotiating committee for representing their members and understanding the importance of sustaining the airline,...”

Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

Don't sell that snake oil here because we are not the FAs.

Originally Posted by TOGA LOCK

Yes, I am sure the private pilot 101 handbook would prefer that we all were a bunch of submissive, compliant, affable little dorks but the majority of guys you fly with would prefer you were the other guy. I'm not saying we all need to be a bunch of wild eyed Cowboys but I do think it is a necessary core personality trait that a pilot knows how prioritize what is important and disregard what is not regardless of the consequences. This fueling procedure had nothing to do with safety and was crammed down our throats because of a dick measuring contest between the FAA and the Company. Any other real airline would have immediately allotted financial resources and competent administrative personnel to immediately re-write the fueling manual and prevent this bull**** procedure from being implemented in the first place as it causes delays. I think the procedure has finally been changed because it was being ignored by so many pilots and fuelers and was impossible to enforce. To all the pilots and ground personnel that ignored the procedure I salute you as you have probably made all of our lives much easier.

Originally Posted by Plane Ramrod

Quick reminder. Our track record is to sign any TA/LOA they put in front of us. They voted down TWO TA's so far. But then again, "we are not the FAs"

Originally Posted by Qotsaautopilot

Which is why the the MEC better not pass a TA to us that can be described that way. If we do hear these types of phrases after one is released it should serve as a warning to run far far away.

My guess is the FAs have been worn down to the point of exhaustion and a small signing bonus will tip the scales. We will see.

Originally Posted by Sailor

What to do when it's presented an passes by 51%, you gonna tell the world (on APC) to go f themselves...the go fly your 4 day trip? We are minority and that's that. We have so many under paid that any pay raise would be hypnotizing enough to overlook the Trojan horse.

Originally Posted by Sailor

What to do when it's presented an passes by 51%, you gonna tell the world (on APC) to go f themselves...the go fly your 4 day trip? We are minority and that's that. We have so many under paid that any pay raise would be hypnotizing enough to overlook the Trojan horse.

Originally Posted by squawkoff

Is spirit hiring pilots in their 50's? I've heard that many of the older folks do not get the call. I'm not talking about pilots that have been a captain at a regional for 15 years but those that are starting a second career with respectable experience that have 8 to 10 years of flying before they time out.