Spirit is now officially on strike (5:00 AM June 12th)

[Erlanger]

Here's the story.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/06/12/airline.strike/index.html?hpt=T3

 

[The Drizzle]

Anybody know a place a non-DTW based DL connect guy can park his bag? I've got a 4:50 sit in DTW today, I'd like to go be a proper Teamster and support a picket line.

 

[Mike man]

.....double post

 

[Mike man]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100612/ap_on_bi_ge/us_spirit_airlines_pilots

The company said it offered to raise by 30 percent over five years. It would have included work rule changes but would have retained a four-day break between every pilot trip, something the company said no other http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100612/ap_on_bi_ge/us_spirit_airlines_pilots# contract has. The offer also included a $3,000 signing bonus and a larger retirement plan match.

So 30%...ok lets figure this one out Ben:

4 years to negotiate a contract
5 year contract
4 years to negotiate a new contract after the 5 year one
--
13 YEARS

30% / 13 = 2.3%

The historic inflation average is 3.42% from 1913-present, granted it was 2.7% from 2000-2009...so Ben, what you are saying is you are offering a NEGATIVE .4% raise? Get bent!

 

[27 driver]

Anybody know a place a non-DTW based DL connect guy can park his bag? I've got a 4:50 sit in DTW today, I'd like to go be a proper Teamster and support a picket line.

Go down to the picket line area. Just ask somebody. They will have a staging area somewhere near by.

 

[9rj9]

pure PR

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100612/ap_on_bi_ge/us_spirit_airlines_pilots
So 30%...ok lets figure this one out Ben:

4 years to negotiate a contract
5 year contract
4 years to negotiate a new contract after the 5 year one
--
13 YEARS

30% / 13 = 2.3%

The historic inflation average is 3.42% from 1913-present, granted it was 2.7% from 2000-2009...so Ben, what you are saying is you are offering a NEGATIVE .4% raise? Get bent!

Exactly...
30 % is just PR spin hoping the public will get behind management. Sorry here in So Florida Spirit is primarily know as the airline that wants to charge $45 for a carry-on so demonizing the pilots is impossible. Oaktree investments should fire Baldanza and his cronies for putting his ego above running an airline.

 

[joe_pilot]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100612/ap_on_bi_ge/us_spirit_airlines_pilots
So 30%...ok lets figure this one out Ben:

4 years to negotiate a contract
5 year contract
4 years to negotiate a new contract after the 5 year one
--
13 YEARS

30% / 13 = 2.3%

The historic inflation average is 3.42% from 1913-present, granted it was 2.7% from 2000-2009...so Ben, what you are saying is you are offering a NEGATIVE .4% raise? Get bent!

You're being too kind to management. To get the actual percentage rate you have to use i=((fv/pv)^(1/n))-1 and get 2.039% or a negative .661% raise.

And that is really too simple a caclulation because it assumes just an annual compounding.

Source

Hang in there Spirit guys

-JP

 

[flynryan15]

You're being too kind to management. To get the actual percentage rate you have to use i=((fv/pv)^(1/n))-1 and get 2.039% or a negative .661% raise.

And that is really too simple a caclulation because it assumes just an annual compounding.

Source

Hang in there Spirit guys

-JP

Great post even thought the formula made my head hurt!

 

[Rez O. Lewshun]

Go Spirit Pilots.....

Point... for .... United, CAL, AMR, etc....

 

[teach2fly]

It's about time that these pilots are standing up to these greedy airline management!...all the best to these Spirit Airlines pilots!...somebody has to do it!