Are ALPA and Spirit Even Talking?

[Anonymous2]

Good luck to you all at Spirit!

 

[27 driver]

They will most likely lose CASS very shortly. Their management will cancel their CASS and it takes about 24 hrs to update. Get these boys and girls home and buy them lunch if you get the opportunity. They are taking one for the team. They are welcome on all AAI jumpseats as well. Good luck Spirit folks.

 

[Milkdud99]

Good luck guys!

 

[MINIME]

Very best of luck to my Spirit brothers and sisters. You truly are at the front of the spear of what will once again make this career worthwhile. I'm sure I speak for many of us in the airline industry in saying "thank you for standing up."

Stay strong, stay focused. Most of management has just as much to lose as you do. A strike does not mean that all your efforts have gone in vain. I'm hopeful that an acceptable outcome can, and will still be achieved.

 

[Baronman]

The ExpressJet (CoEX) MEC sent out an email as well today. Spirit Pilots take highest priority among offline pilots (after XJT and CAL) for the cockpit and FA jumpseats. You're more than welcome aboard.

 

[Crzipilot]

US put out a tid bit. Jumpseaters that can't be verified in CASS are still eligible to ride in the back. Sooooo even if they turn CASS off on ya, you got a seat in back.....

 

[SF340Guy]

DCA-PBI tomorrow morning on RP (USAir) has 4 open seats. I called the CA and asked him to go to the gate to see if any Spirit pilots are looking for a ride tomorrow. He assured me he would check the gate before push back. Give em he!l boys.

 

[superatr]

American Eagle Master Executive Council

Strategic Planning Committee

Why should you care about a Spirit Airlines Pilot Strike?

When I went to ALPA’s Pilot Media Relations training, one of the first talking points that was drilled into my head was, “Of course ALPA wants to avoid strikes and will work diligently to achieve a mutually beneficial agreement that reflects the work rules and compensation that our pilots deserve.” It’s a milk toast response that belies the true difficulties of negotiating under the Railway Labor Act.

Most pilot groups never have to strike to reach a tentative agreement on a contract because at the end of the process the pilots and management typically find common ground that both can accept. But what happens when management is willing to destroy a profitable airline in order to achieve the absolutely worst pilot contract? You get a Strike… and a long one.

Would you accept a contract that allowed management to fire you without any reason?

Would you accept a contract that allowed management full authority to pick and choose who would be Captain and who wouldn’t?

Would you accept a contract that calculated longevity not on years of service but on the flight hours flown; with no credit for reserve pilots?

Would you accept a 2/3 cut of the company’s 401K match?

I would hope you wouldn’t accept these onerous contract terms and I pray that you would support pilots that are faced with life-changing decisions like this.

Going out on strike is not an easy decision and the pilots of Spirit have already weighed the consequences of this action. After all, striking pilots may not have a job to return to; but pilots must also decide the point at which a strike is absolutely necessary.

This is Spirit ALPA’s time of need. Whether you’re a rabid union supporter or one who just wants to show up for work and go home, this is your time to stand up and say, “I support my Union and I support my ALPA Union Brothers and Sisters at Spirit.” If WE fail, the points that you read above may be part of management’s proposal for our next contract.

In accordance with the request of the Spirit MEC, the American Eagle MEC calls on Eagle and AA management to increase frequencies between existing city pairs operated by Spirit Airlines and to establish new service on Spirit Airlines routes in the event of a strike.

Finally, all American Eagle pilots are requested to support the Spirit pilots on the picket line, in the strike center and financially. Your assessment payment of .2% goes directly to fund the Spirit Strike Benefit to assist the striking pilots. First Officers can expect to pay approximately $6 per month and Captains can expect to pay approximately $12 per month while the Spirit pilots are on strike. This is a very small contribution in order to ensure that the Spirit pilots have some financial support from their Union during the strike. Additionally, if the Spirit pilots are forced to strike, please make sure that you preflight your jumpseat and make sure that any STRIKING SPIRIT PILOT has access to your jumpseat and provide any assistance that you can to one of your Union Brothers. To avoid any issues with CASS, please check the gate area for Spirit pilots immediately following any strike announcement. Help these pilots get home!

If you have any questions about the Spirit Strike or about the status of a Spirit pilot, please call the Spirit Strike Center at 954-922-0942.

In Solidarity,

 

[Mike man]

American Eagle Master Executive Council

Strategic Planning Committee

Why should you care about a Spirit Airlines Pilot Strike?

When I went to ALPA’s Pilot Media Relations training, one of the first talking points that was drilled into my head was, “Of course ALPA wants to avoid strikes and will work diligently to achieve a mutually beneficial agreement that reflects the work rules and compensation that our pilots deserve.” It’s a milk toast response that belies the true difficulties of negotiating under the Railway Labor Act.

Most pilot groups never have to strike to reach a tentative agreement on a contract because at the end of the process the pilots and management typically find common ground that both can accept. But what happens when management is willing to destroy a profitable airline in order to achieve the absolutely worst pilot contract? You get a Strike… and a long one.

Would you accept a contract that allowed management to fire you without any reason?

Would you accept a contract that allowed management full authority to pick and choose who would be Captain and who wouldn’t?

Would you accept a contract that calculated longevity not on years of service but on the flight hours flown; with no credit for reserve pilots?

Would you accept a 2/3 cut of the company’s 401K match?

I would hope you wouldn’t accept these onerous contract terms and I pray that you would support pilots that are faced with life-changing decisions like this.

Going out on strike is not an easy decision and the pilots of Spirit have already weighed the consequences of this action. After all, striking pilots may not have a job to return to; but pilots must also decide the point at which a strike is absolutely necessary.

This is Spirit ALPA’s time of need. Whether you’re a rabid union supporter or one who just wants to show up for work and go home, this is your time to stand up and say, “I support my Union and I support my ALPA Union Brothers and Sisters at Spirit.” If WE fail, the points that you read above may be part of management’s proposal for our next contract.

In accordance with the request of the Spirit MEC, the American Eagle MEC calls on Eagle and AA management to increase frequencies between existing city pairs operated by Spirit Airlines and to establish new service on Spirit Airlines routes in the event of a strike.

Finally, all American Eagle pilots are requested to support the Spirit pilots on the picket line, in the strike center and financially. Your assessment payment of .2% goes directly to fund the Spirit Strike Benefit to assist the striking pilots. First Officers can expect to pay approximately $6 per month and Captains can expect to pay approximately $12 per month while the Spirit pilots are on strike. This is a very small contribution in order to ensure that the Spirit pilots have some financial support from their Union during the strike. Additionally, if the Spirit pilots are forced to strike, please make sure that you preflight your jumpseat and make sure that any STRIKING SPIRIT PILOT has access to your jumpseat and provide any assistance that you can to one of your Union Brothers. To avoid any issues with CASS, please check the gate area for Spirit pilots immediately following any strike announcement. Help these pilots get home!

If you have any questions about the Spirit Strike or about the status of a Spirit pilot, please call the Spirit Strike Center at 954-922-0942.

In Solidarity,

Is the bold part a typo???

 

[superatr]

Is the bold part a typo???

No.

"Unlike other pilot strikes, Spirit Airlines does not have any Code Share, parent or regional airlines to pick up the struck work. Therefore, the Spirit pilots encourage the post-strike performance of flying over Spirit Airline’s routes, frequencies, pairings, destinations or operations by pilots of other carriers provided that such carriers and pilots do not conduct such flying or operations for, on behalf of, or for the benefit of Spirit Airlines, through wet-lease, ACMI, charter, or other similar agreement or arrangement for, on behalf of, or otherwise benefiting Spirit Airlines. In other words, if this strike is made financially painful to Spirit management by allowing other airlines to profit on their routes, the faster that management will want to settle the strike in the pilots favor."