JetBlue bids for Spirit Airlines
05-07-2022, 04:47 AM
#751
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To be fair, things are pretty stagnant here at Spirit too. Regardless of how quickly someone might have upgraded or how quickly they might have held a line, the company is dramatically changing how we fly our trips and things have come mostly to a standstill here. Management wants to go to a hybrid Allegiant model of some sort and they won't tell us any specifics on what that will look like. Being a part of what's going on at Spirit right now has a lot of people headed for greener pastures. The company is completely fine with uprooting hundreds of families so they can "try" some new fangled schedule to improve operations.. all the while, not investing in the very infrastructure that is required to improve said operations. It's a complete joke at Spirit right now.
Further, the point of JetBlue acquiring us is to combat the very thing you argue against. It's to grow the JB brand. Just as Frontier wants to grow their brand, by acquiring crews and ships. Neither company is going to bring all this on and continue life as normal within their existing networks/bases. They will expand. As I understand it, JB has a net positive delivery schedule for their fleet, even with parking 190s. Combine that with our deliveries, the stagnation stops for existing employees for some time to come. So as long as we can staff the airline, which btw, I see as much more of a problem with Frontier than JB. Either way, we're fine. But Spirit is going to change drastically from what it was with either airline. I would argue that we would see net improvements in pay and QOL with JB over that of Frontier. We're already seeing the company adapt to the Frontier model and i've not met many people that are happy about it.
Just a thought or 2
Further, the point of JetBlue acquiring us is to combat the very thing you argue against. It's to grow the JB brand. Just as Frontier wants to grow their brand, by acquiring crews and ships. Neither company is going to bring all this on and continue life as normal within their existing networks/bases. They will expand. As I understand it, JB has a net positive delivery schedule for their fleet, even with parking 190s. Combine that with our deliveries, the stagnation stops for existing employees for some time to come. So as long as we can staff the airline, which btw, I see as much more of a problem with Frontier than JB. Either way, we're fine. But Spirit is going to change drastically from what it was with either airline. I would argue that we would see net improvements in pay and QOL with JB over that of Frontier. We're already seeing the company adapt to the Frontier model and i've not met many people that are happy about it.
Just a thought or 2
05-07-2022, 04:58 AM
#752
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It's a long term move he's just too senile to think about anything more than a month in advance. Also how about that 3rd grade formatting in his email. Clearly someone has typed this out for him and he's not used to copy and pasting.
05-07-2022, 05:52 AM
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to pick up premium open time on top of guarantee like some other airlines. This dreadful VDA/RSA system needs to go…like yesterday.
05-07-2022, 05:59 AM
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Not gonna lie, this is accurate. One of the detriments of working here I suppose. I would like to see our reserve rules significantly improved in CBA 2. It would be nice to be able
to pick up premium open time on top of guarantee like some other airlines. This dreadful VDA/RSA system needs to go…like yesterday.
to pick up premium open time on top of guarantee like some other airlines. This dreadful VDA/RSA system needs to go…like yesterday.
Reserves can’t pick up premium open-time on their days off? Is that what you’re saying?
05-07-2022, 06:18 AM
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Exactly this. And this company is so reluctant to mark trips premium. They’d rather run out RSA’s that are gone before you can even click on the add button. VDA’s that’s start at the top of the list and rarely make it past 50%. The Cartels that grab anything of value before anyone knows it’s there. This caters to people that live in base and can make it to the airport in 2 hours. The point being, our whole open time system needs a compete overhaul.
05-07-2022, 06:41 AM
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