Spirit TA

[Raoul Duke]

Apparently the company thinks its a done deal, signed, sealed, and delivered with their, "We're starting back flying on Friday."
Now what would be pretty cool is if the MEC said, "Wait a second. Not that you've said "deal", we've thought about it some more and decided that we want an additional 10%, just because. Back to the picket line, boys and girls. After all, that was a little too easy."

Except then the NMB would conclude you had engaged in bad faith bargaining which would not be a good thing

 

[relief tube]

deets?

As horrible as a group of evil people spirit mgmt is, hopefully you guys can stand working for them again....and that the TA was good for this industry.

 

[Fly-By-Cable]

Apparently the company thinks its a done deal, signed, sealed, and delivered with their, "We're starting back flying on Friday."
Now what would be pretty cool is if the MEC said, "Wait a second. Not that you've said "deal", we've thought about it some more and decided that we want an additional 10%, just because. Back to the picket line, boys and girls. After all, that was a little too easy."

Yeah that would be a low class move but I get what you're saying. Punishment for pushing it to this point in the first place.

 

[Hose A. Jiminez]

Way to go guys.

 

[beechlive]

It's nice to see you guys and gals stand up for what you believe in. It's a great feeling to everyone in the industry. Congrats to all of you. I'll buy a beer or three next time I see anyone of you.

 

[Tejas-Jet]

Congrats to all the Spirit Pilots. I am proud of you guys.

 

[DontFeedTheBear]

Congrats to all at Spirit!!!

 

[fam62c]

Stay on strike until it's ratified, you have the momentum and there's danger in rushing and writing ambiguous language. I actually think that should be ALPA National policy. Tell carriers at the beginning of a 30-day cooling off period that in the event of a strike the pilots will remain on strike until a TA is reached, a BTW agreement is negotiated, ALL final language is complete and the whole agreement ( not just a "bullet point" summary) is RATIFIED by the membership. That would make the companies think twice before taking a strike.

The danger here is that the management will start to backpedal as soon as they get what they want, i.e. the planes flying again. I would tell the public that a secondary strike can not be ruled out until the deal is ratified.

Anyway, great job and I hope the deal is a good one......well done.

 

[JerryLundegaard]

Lock both sides in a room until until all the concerns are resolved. Don't go near an airplane until the deal is signed!

Is there retro active pay included?

 

[jtf]

Thank you for standing up for all of us. Job well done. Everyone else in negotiations- TAKE NOTE AND RAISE THE BAR!