Spirit T/A Details?

[Fly-By-Cable]

It's looking pretty good as I read it.

Will someone PLEASE post some details. Any details.

 

[Lear70]

Give me a day or two, I just got it,,,

So far it looks a lot like AirTran's CURRENT CBA, pay rates included, with COLA adjustments moving forward for the next several years. I'll post some updates probably tomorrow if I don't get called to fly, I'm exhausted and going to bed for the night.

 

[ualdriver]

ual driver,

How did such solidarity work at UAL when you voted on that POS concessionary contract? Sure United set the bar in 2000, but you also caved big time after bk and lowered the bar for all of us. Sure the gun was to your head, but your contract undid decades of industry gains in much more than pay - your give backs in rigs and work rules were unbelievable. And codeshare??

You are pretty quick to give the Spirit guys advice on "how it's done." Maybe the best advice from experience would be "easier said than done."

You mean the concessionary contract "negotiated" in bankruptcy? Yeah, you're right. Our ALPA negotiators should have walked into the courtroom, flipped the judge and Tilton the bird, dropped trou, pinched a 3 coiler on the floor, and walked out. That would have showed them who's boss!! Had we just not "caved" (your words), I'd still be making $220K/year with a pension. If only UA ALPA would have hired you as a consultant!! All would have been saved and the Chapter 11 process subverted!! You broke the code, Ben. Everybody knows (except us dumb legacy guys who got dragged through the bankruptcy process) that all a pilot group has to do is not "cave" and you can have anything you want! He11, if we were only 1/2 as tough as you, we could have negotiated raises!!

 

[lostplnetairman]

Yes, the steps were removed and years of service were retained with the along with the DOS+ wage increases. The 401(k) match was retained, the 4 days off between trips was retained, the Pref Bidding was kept out, the health insurance increase goes from 10% to 7%. The pick up of open time at 150% goes away, but the committee figured that when the company could not staff trips, they would negotiate it back in an LOA really quickly.

Kudos to the negotiating committee!

 

[Lear70]

I noticed the 150% open time override went away... that's going to aggravate some folks. I bet there's quite a few who supplement their income like that by bidding min credit then picking up open time to bump their take-home by 10-15% monthly.

You'll have to get everyone on the same page to not pick up open time during peak times to incentivize the company to negotiate it back. Better hope your NC is correct on that gamble...

I'm NOT saying it's a bad T.A., compared to what you had, still have to look at the entire package (and I don't have to live with it, just making sure I understand it for application of how it applies to AirTran's upcoming battle). There's always give and take, your membership is who has to like it, but it's definitely not on par with what I expect to see in AirTran's next T.A.

 

[lostplnetairman]

The 150% will come back in a LOA when no one picks up open time.

This is a good move!

 

[boomlrd]

The 150% will come back in a LOA when no one picks up open time.

This is a good move!

You are not credible, you are a troll, you are going on any Spirit TA thread and hyping it up as a United 2000 contract. I have read all 186 pages, it is a concessionary contract. You claim to not work here, please go away.

 

[lostplnetairman]

Huh? Would you please come and say that to my face?

You have no credibility as you say I claim not to work at NK when I do and probably have for longer than you have.

 

[boomlrd]

Spirit TA
https://crewroom.alpa.org/SPAMEC/Portals/514/Draft-Full Contract.pdf
Hurry and download, they claim it is only up temporarily.

 

[relief tube]

To all Spirit Pilots: Thank you for standing up for our profession. Its about time someone had the courage to take a stand. Hopefully those of us at Airtran who are most likely next will show as much unity and resolve as you guys did and begin to restore some of the pay and benefits that I thought this job entailed when I signed on 10 years ago. My hat is off to you.

With that said, are there no details of any kind to put out nearly a week after returning to work? If not, when are you being told that you may have something to put to a vote?

Restore? How bout seeing the TA's deets before saying that the bottom of the barrel national carrier is doing any "restoring".