If/When Spirit Strikes

[enigma]

Spirit and Airtran..... shut Florida down. Little Susie, the princess can go to Disney next year.....

Spirit can NOT shut FL down. It will take SWAPA, APA, ALPA and the Teamsters. If you can arrange for every pilot group to refuse our struck work, we will all win. Until then, in our deregulated world, strikes only give up market share.

I support our strike if called, but I believe we have more power when our hands are on the parking break, specifically because we can't stop our competitors from flying our routes.

 

[pilotyip]

Downside

Spirit can NOT shut FL down. It will take SWAPA, APA, ALPA and the Teamsters. If you can arrange for every pilot group to refuse our struck work, we will all win. Until then, in our deregulated world, strikes only give up market share.

I support our strike if called, but I believe we have more power when our hands are on the parking break, specifically because we can't stop our competitors from flying our routes.

You mean there could be a down side to a strike? BTW Love seeing the Ford tractor back in action.

 

[Scope out RJ's]

You mean there could be a down side to a strike?

Not for you....You could just jump in there and fly those struck routes! You'd be a shoe in!:laugh::laugh:

BTW Love seeing the Ford tractor back in action.

Probably goes really well with your 54 Ford T'bird which you were driving during the "good old days."

 

[Mike man]

...54 Ford T'bird...

Thanks for lightening the mood...'54 T-Bird does not exist.

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Spirit can NOT shut FL down. It will take SWAPA, APA, ALPA and the Teamsters. If you can arrange for every pilot group to refuse our struck work, we will all win. Until then, in our deregulated world, strikes only give up market share.

I support our strike if called, but I believe we have more power when our hands are on the parking break, specifically because we can't stop our competitors from flying our routes.

Then do it......

 

[pilotyip]

That showed you

Not for you....You could just jump in there and fly those struck routes! You'd be a shoe in!:laugh::laugh:



Probably goes really well with your 54 Ford T'bird which you were driving during the "good old days."

young wipper snappers think they know everything, as per above never was a 54 T-bird, showed you didn't it. BTW I did have a 1954 Ford Convertible Red, white top, 361 Cu In Edsel Engine, 3-2 barrels, dual glass packs with Lake pipes, 0-60 in five seconds, it had a 1955 T-Bird steering wheel, dual bullet spot lights and 1957 Plymouth hub caps. Awesome car

 

[SWA/FO]

USA Jet = downhill ever since they got rid of Porky (who didn't even do what they thought he did) He took the blame for several, cus he is a good dude.

 

[AirCobra]

Then do it......

Raise the Red Flags! A general strike like in the old days of Tsarist Russia! Do you really think pilots at Southwest who are weathering this storm quite well, or guys at American who are about to go through another round of furloughs are going to accept the call of what amounts to a general strike to help a bunch of guys at a small cut rate discount airline get a better contract? Are you serious? Do you plan to to leave work and walk the picket line with them? I mean really, not on your day off or a vactaion day, thats easy and makes no real statement, but on a scheduled workday, leave to show solidarity with your Spirit brothers. Let me guess you will do it only if everyone else does it too. So much for leadership.

 

[pilotyip]

Raise the Red Flags! A general strike .............solidarity with your Spirit brothers. Let me guess you will do it only if everyone else does it too. So much for leadership.

Hey stop that, this is FI we do not deal in reality. Reality is no fun

 

[Scope out RJ's]

Hey stop that, this is FI we do not deal in reality. Reality is no fun

You're right. You deal in substandard wages, flying, equipment, and treatment of your employees.
With 8000+ posts, it's no wonder your company is such a piece of ********************! Instead of making usajet a better place to work, you sit and write about what could have been...............................

 

[AirCobra]

You're right. You deal in substandard wages, flying, equipment, and treatment of your employees.
With 8000+ posts, it's no wonder your company is such a piece of ********************! Instead of making usajet a better place to work, you sit and write about what could have been...............................

I am all for better wages and better schedules for everyone but there is an element of reality too. When you go to a Red Roof Inn do you complain its not a Hilton? When you pay $39 a night does it surprise you when your shower is full of pubes and you can't get a room service steak sandwich at midnight? Well no offense guys but Spirit is a Red Roof Inn. What about "Ultra Low Cost Airline" makes you think "Ultra High Pay" or even industry standard pay for that matter. Seriously I wish you guys all the best but I am not optimistic that if Spirit strikes you will have a job to return to once the strike is over. It's so competitve now, and Spirit is not that well known anyway. If your ticket prices inch any closer to the Delta's and American's or people who would have bought a ticket on Spirit now won't because of strike talk, you may lose those precious few passengers you have. Don't become like United, the best contract in the industry.... for the guys that weren't furloughed after the contract was implemented.

 

[Mike man]

I am all for better wages and better schedules for everyone but there is an element of reality too. When you go to a Red Roof Inn do you complain its not a Hilton? When you pay $39 a night does it surprise you when your shower is full of pubes and you can't get a room service steak sandwich at midnight? Well no offense guys but Spirit is a Red Roof Inn. What about "Ultra Low Cost Airline" makes you think "Ultra High Pay" or even industry standard pay for that matter. Seriously I wish you guys all the best but I am not optimistic that if Spirit strikes you will have a job to return to once the strike is over. It's so competitve now, and Spirit is not that well known anyway. If your ticket prices inch any closer to the Delta's and American's or people who would have bought a ticket on Spirit now won't because of strike talk, you may lose those precious few passengers you have. Don't become like United, the best contract in the industry.... for the guys that weren't furloughed after the contract was implemented.

What is the difference between Spirit, JetBlue, SWA, Allegiant, AirTran and so on?

When did SWA, JetBlue, Allegiant, AirTran cross the line from fly-by-night low cost airline to world class airline?

I DO NOT MEAN TO OFFEND ANYONE AT SWA, JetBlue, Allegiant, AirTran

I'm just trying to make a point with Mr. Poop on Spirit or AirCobra as his screen name might suggest.

 

[pilotyip]

yea what Aircobra talking about

What i..............Spirit or AirCobra as his screen name might suggest.

Aircobra has no idea what he is talking about none of that stuff could ever happen to Spirit; except of course if it happens. Isn't that reality.

 

[CopilotDoug]

Do you plan to to leave work and walk the picket line with them? I mean really, not on your day off or a vactaion day, thats easy and makes no real statement, but on a scheduled workday, leave to show solidarity with your Spirit brothers.

Rez and PCL will be there in...spirit (no pun intended!)

Rest assured Spirit pilots, you will have the emotional support of your fellow ALPA pilots.

 

[freightdogfred]

young wipper snappers think they know everything, as per above never was a 54 T-bird

Well mebbe not, but at least we know how to spell whippersnapper...

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/whippersnapper