Spirit furlough... 45...

[BrazPilot]

Official word:
45 F/O's to be furloughed effective Aug. 1st due to "reduced flying for the fall schedule".

Good luck to all ya guys and gals...

 

[Capt. Kramer]

Best of luck everybody.

 

[NK_FA]

45 F/As as well

 

[castle bravo]

What happened to Ben's letter proclaiming no furloughs, no mergers, no liquidations?????

BTW- how many management personnel are to be cut?

 

[labbats]

45 F/As as well

Sad for all, but I don't know too many FAs with 80k in student loans to pay off.

At any rate best to all involved at Spirit.

 

[ThreeGreens]

25 FOs is the official number. 20 downgrades. Good luck guys.

 

[citabriapilot]

Isn't the 25 number just for the FLL based FO's?

 

[Colonel Savage]

Fuzzy Math

Isn't the 25 number just for the FLL based FO's?

They are reducing the FLL Capt positions by 20 and the FLL F/O's by 25, but 20 Capt's go to F/O so 20 additional F/O's have to be furloughed to make room for them in addition to the 25 reduced positions which makes 45 all together. The 25 most junior F/O's may not all be in FLL, so there may be some displacements depending on staffing requirements in LGA and SJU until they possibily get closed.

 

[flya380]

Yep, got the sad news today also. I will probably be one of the "Spirit 45". Everyone hired after january 08 is on the choping block.......

By the way, what are the chances that people will take a "voluntary furlough"??

Cheers and good luck to all

 

[Skippy]

im confused, are they going to furlough out of seniority or not?

 

[flya380]

No, The bottom 45 Fos will get furloughed. the 20 most junior captains will be downgraded to Fos.

 

[135fr8r]

Guess that means the Riddle interns are all gone.

 

[Beetle007]

Guess that means the Riddle interns are all gone.

I counted 45 from the bottom of the list and I think the Riddle grads are safe.

 

[vandypilot]

actually i know of a few going to take the voluntary furlough. mostly DTW FO's tired of the commute.

 

[vandypilot]

more importantly dont be an A-hole and pick up any open time while there are guys on the street. I know a few captains did back in 2003 and they are not well liked now because of it.

 

[Motorradfahrer]

more importantly dont be an A-hole and pick up any open time while there are guys on the street. I know a few captains did back in 2003 and they are not well liked now because of it.

The flying of ANY open time while even 1 pilot is still on furlough is akin to treason against your fellow pilots and should be punished accordingly. People need to be made accountable for their actions and it is the responsibility of all of us to make this happen for the benefit of those that are affected by a furlough. Best of luck to everyone at Spirit...and everywhere else for that matter

 

[Beetle007]

It is an illegal job action for pilots to systematically refuse open time.

 

[cruxx@9]

It is an illegal job action for pilots to systematically refuse open time.

Don't worry there are enough scum bags out there to fly for them.

 

[greenbayfan]

It is an illegal job action for pilots to systematically refuse open time.

How do you refuse open time? That doesn't even make sense. Open time is unassigned flying and therefore is not mandatory for anyone to pick up, and will then be assigned to reserves. So what in the he** are you talking about it being a "job action" to refuse open time. How do you "refuse" optional flying? What a tool.........

 

[Old Crow]

Just ask Delta about not picking up open time.