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04-04-2016, 07:10 PM

#5151

VegassBus

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Originally Posted by gonyon

How do you think the company will fix this? My guess is LAS crews will be rocking a ton of jungle turns in the hearvfuture

Maybe open up that IAH base after all

04-04-2016, 07:24 PM

#5152

A320ULCC

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Originally Posted by FlyGuy2002

Glad the union is gonna hold firm. However I suspect very few niceties from the company in return. Expect more NOIs. Forget them honoring requests for training dates and or relief line requests. Just hope long term morale doesn't turn combative. I like working here just, Don't want to see it become a militant place to work. Don't wanna see Jeff Carlson type of tone from management. Food for thought .

The ball is in their (management's) court. They can continue to make this a great place to work. Management and the union can be a team and grow this place, or managers such as JS and Bendo can decide to bog this place down in mud and make this place a bottom feeder. You get what you pay for. I am sure once a contract is signed, one or both of them will be used as a scapegoat.

04-04-2016, 07:47 PM

#5153

Left Handed

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Position: 319/320/321...whatever it takes.

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Originally Posted by NoAccoutrements

Bigger picture: industry consolidation continues and we now see how rapidly things can change. Spirit will not survive as a stand-alone carrier in the long-term, with the present fleet plan. I think that Spirit will look for a dance partner in the near term, before the music stops.

I don't know. If consolidation occurs, ticket prices will most likely go up. We will either keep our ticket prices low and gain marketshare, or raise ticket prices along with everyone else and make more money. Our casm is going down with every plane we get. I do agree we need to hit a critical mass with interconnected city pairs to be relevant, and with our orders I think we'll get there. Or not. Time will tell.

04-05-2016, 02:16 PM

#5154

Lobaeux

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Hmmmm. Any reason for the 3% pop in after hours trading?

04-05-2016, 02:45 PM

#5155

abbynormallaw

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Originally Posted by Lobaeux

Hmmmm. Any reason for the 3% pop in after hours trading?

Yay, AK is buying us for $90 a share!

04-05-2016, 02:55 PM

#5156

skybolt

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Quote:

Originally Posted by poolboy

Wow that audio update was nice to hear. It sounds like SM is starting to steer this ship in the right direction, after being driven right toward an iceberg by the last joker.

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What makes you think the "joker" is no longer in charge?

04-05-2016, 04:04 PM

#5157

A320ULCC

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Originally Posted by skybolt

What makes you think the "joker" is no longer in charge?

That's a dumb ass question. Really dude?

04-05-2016, 04:20 PM

#5158

poolboy

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Originally Posted by A320ULCC

That's a dumb ass question. Really dude?

Actually it's a valid point. Said "joker" is still an LEC rep. My thinking (which could easily be flawed) is that we seem to have grown a spine after the change. Either way I welcome the change.

04-05-2016, 04:40 PM

#5159

A320ULCC

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Originally Posted by poolboy

Actually it's a valid point. Said "joker" is still an LEC rep. My thinking (which could easily be flawed) is that we seem to have grown a spine after the change. Either way I welcome the change.

Well, I could tell by the tone of things that he isn't in charge. Matter of fact, he wasn't thanked and he was tasked with cleaning up his mess of trying to get the company to cough up our quid.
I highly doubt he is well liked by any of the new guys.

04-05-2016, 04:43 PM

#5160

The Juice

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Joined APC: Dec 2007

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Quote:

Originally Posted by A320ULCC

That's a dumb ass question. Really dude?

Skybolt is making the point that the "joker" is still an LEC rep, therefore, still has a vote. As you know, the MEC Chair helps provide the direction, but the LEC reps are the one who run the show.

That being said, im glad the new MEC chair is showing us a direction of 100% contract compliance, no waivers, and the contract being the top priority of the MEC at this time.

James would be a great "peace time" MEC Chairman/Rep, but these times call for a war time Chair/LEC. Time to show the arrows and not the olive branch of our flag