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It's not the crews, I'm not harping on my brothers and sister fight crews. It is the gate agents. They are the most unhelpful group in the entire Spirit system and that is IF you can find one.



Add that to the fact that FLL gate agents are told by mgmt to be "too busy" to run the CASS check for offline jumpseaters! Just wait until NK's reciprocal jumpseat agreements are lost with other carriers and and THEN try commuting to FLL. At that point, commuters will essentially be in a position of servitude to the company. Move to base (which may be closed a year later forcing another expensive move- just look at ACY, CLE, MYR, EWR etc) or get lost. The company could care less about the jumpseat issue as it yields no revenue, and the ONLY thing the investors care about is the bottom line. Do not forget that MESA is on the board of directors, a fact the company likes to conceal.
 
Isn't closing a base considered a break of status quo during negotiations? If they close DTW, what's to stop you guys from not picking up open time? Seriously, is ALPA pursuing this?
 
Isn't closing a base considered a break of status quo during negotiations? If they close DTW, what's to stop you guys from not picking up open time? Seriously, is ALPA pursuing this?

Guys have already stopped picking up open time. That's why they're starting to cancel more flights. Yup!! Lets step over a $100 dollar bill to save a dime. "It works on paper!"
 
Isn't closing a base considered a break of status quo during negotiations? If they close DTW, what's to stop you guys from not picking up open time? Seriously, is ALPA pursuing this?

No, the status quo refers only to changing of the contract terms.
 
Isn't closing a base considered a break of status quo during negotiations?

Technically, it could be. However, you'd have to prove that the company had no legitimate business purpose for closing the base other than trying to break the union. If the company could demonstrate some sort of financial need, then it wouldn't be considered breach of status quo. I would imagine that the company could easily find some way to show financial need for closing the domicile.
 
Technically, it could be. However, you'd have to prove that the company had no legitimate business purpose for closing the base other than trying to break the union. If the company could demonstrate some sort of financial need, then it wouldn't be considered breach of status quo. I would imagine that the company could easily find some way to show financial need for closing the domicile.

Technically, ALPA's Assistant Director of Representation says that it is not. I wish it were, but when Bruce York and company give a fact, I tend to believe them.
 
Looks like USA 3000 is hiring Airbus pilots for its DTW base. Just a consideration if you absolutely don't want to move or commute...
 
Technically, ALPA's Assistant Director of Representation says that it is not. I wish it were, but when Bruce York and company give a fact, I tend to believe them.

That's somewhat surprising, but if Bruce and friends say so, then I believe them.
 

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