ATL Base
11-09-2022, 08:14 PM
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ATL Base
Regarding the ATL base, is it junior? Are there good trips out of ATL or do you just reposition to another base to do trips there?
What about the JetBlue merger? How will it effect the ATL base? Will the base close and/or get flooded with senior JB pilots?
Any indications as to what will happen during the merger? Tack all Spirit pilots to the bottom of the JetBlue list or some sort of integration?
I know there are a lot of "crystal ball" type questions here. I am just interested in what anyone might be hearing. ATL base would be the main reason I would come to Spirit.
What about the JetBlue merger? How will it effect the ATL base? Will the base close and/or get flooded with senior JB pilots?
Any indications as to what will happen during the merger? Tack all Spirit pilots to the bottom of the JetBlue list or some sort of integration?
I know there are a lot of "crystal ball" type questions here. I am just interested in what anyone might be hearing. ATL base would be the main reason I would come to Spirit.
11-10-2022, 06:31 AM
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Most bases at spirit outside ord and Texas are junior. Not always achievable out of training but certainly within the next 1 or 2 bids. Don’t know about trips but if your goal is to go somewhere with a specific base who cares about the trips out of that base. Being based somewhere has little to do with the trips you run. You could end up deadheading to an outstation or another base to fly a particular route or end up in another base as part of your trip and flying any route out of that base. The deal with jet blue hasn’t even closed financially or cleared regulations. No one knows how being absorbed will affect operations.
11-10-2022, 08:42 AM
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October 3rd new hire here. A few guys in my class looking for Atlanta as well but we all got Vegas or FLL assigned during the first bid as expected. Based on the what if, seems the earliest person to get Atlanta was 180 people ahead of me in seniority. So not too far fetched but definitely not straight out of training as of now.
11-10-2022, 10:04 AM
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October 3rd new hire here. A few guys in my class looking for Atlanta as well but we all got Vegas or FLL assigned during the first bid as expected. Based on the what if, seems the earliest person to get Atlanta was 180 people ahead of me in seniority. So not too far fetched but definitely not straight out of training as of now.
11-10-2022, 02:54 PM
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11-11-2022, 04:23 PM
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Honestly, I think opening keeping the base in The A T L will probably help with attrition, at least a little. Someone around my seniority (5 years) just left for Big D, and he wouldn't have left if we had a JetBlue base in ATL. He just got tired of commuting.
11-11-2022, 07:09 PM
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