Frontier
- Thread starter mooneyguy
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nagylyk
Well-Known Member
I think you’ll enjoy your new shop. I’ve got several friends there and they all seem happy. Plus vacations!
Congrats, btw!
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
It really is breathtakingly different, and I would honestly advise anyone who is still slaving at the regional level to GTFO. I’d describe my first week and my experience thus far as pretty great.
Fee for departure is a crap business with a lot of crap.
Toobdrvr
Estrellas Asesino
“Logbook/ Security Check”...
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Der rote Baron
Well-Known Member
It seems like October is also canceled...
Autothrust Blue
“If you jump on my shift, that’s just rude, man.”
The whole month, or just vacations? (ha ha ha, I know I'm not funny)
scooter2525
Very well Member
That was a great day, even with the bird strike.
Cherokee_Cruiser
Bronteroc
pete2800
'Member?
The day they ask for info about what kind of illness I have is the day I get to tell them that the CP's mom gave me a wicked case of crabs.
Ask a stupid question, get a stupid answer...
One that is totally maintaining status quo. At least we have the NMB to mediate.
/s
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
This is the same airline that advertised their new seats with a guy saying, "Yeah, they were fine for a 1 hour flight"...but they do transcons. LOL.
All I know is about 60 carriers serve SFO and only 1 can't be reached by pilots, ATC, ramp control, airfield ops, airport communications, ect. when a medical emergency is declared. I have never seen an airline's SFO operation decline so sharply and drastically as Frontier between 2013 and 2018 since I've had this gig. Pilots used to at least sound like they were laid back and having fun flying, but for the last year or so they are in no mood for joking. Almost ever. Lol.
Best of luck.
Toobdrvr
Estrellas Asesino
I’ll never forget pushing back in SFO one morning, an SFO Field OPS truck comes racing up, lights flashing, and 3 guys perform a combat dismount with cameras pointed at us.
Me: “Uh, you guys see something we should know about?”
Turns out they’re all plane spotters! Ha! Good times!
Me: “Uh, you guys see something we should know about?”
Turns out they’re all plane spotters! Ha! Good times!
F9 refuses to equip SJC ops with a radio despite their repeated requests. The only way to communicate with them is via ACARS.
jtrain609
Antisocial Monster
Ahoy!
scooter2525
Very well Member
"can you pass along a message to my friend on board..."
ChasenSFO
hen teaser
The way their vendors staff, not like anyone would pick up the radio. One of the weirdest things I've ever seen was a serious medical on Frontier, with an occupied gate and no one picking up. The FAA had no time for their BS and coordinated with Southwest to let the plane use one of their open gates and "figure out the rest later". Apparently, Frontier had the balls to file a complaint to the airport about making that expensive decision for them. The airport was not amused, but I do not know what the outcome to Frontier's rebuttal was. I wish I did.
We used to let them use international gates when they needed it, but after 1 week where they:
1) Hit 2 bridges together leading to the bridge being out for weeks at the height of summer.
2) Ran over a GPU cable
3) Bonked an Allegiant MD-80 that was on a charter(of course Allegiant would hire Frontier to work the flight) leading to it sitting on the gate long enough to cause big problems
4) Marshaled an A320 into a jetway that was only stopped by the Airport Duty Manager himself, who does not normally marshal planes but was standing by because of the previous 3 accidents, just 2 feet from impact with the jetway. The rampers mixed up the A330/A320 stopbar...never mind the fregging jetway. While this was going on and the plane sat 24 inches or so from the bridge, the bridge started to MOVE because the CS agent didn't realize anything was wrong.
...that airline lost their International Terminal privileges(no one else has ever lost that privilege).
Despite this, Frontier kept that same company at SFO until a media story came out of a Frontier agent calling someone the N-word...in San Francisco...after losing their stroller. Knee-jerk reaction lead to a new contractor...but a cheaper one.
Ahoy!
Montana the Elk told me he got the shout out, thanks!
It all sucks because I used to love Frontier. I flew them free the first few years at Skywest and anytime I had to connect to get where I was going from SFO, I decided to just use Frontier thru DEN. Amazing service, loved the live TV back then, and they really looked out for non-revs. When everyone worked for Frontier, anyway. Sun Country will be next.
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CFIT99
because of the implication...
bid in?....displacements is how PHL will get staffed.
...unless mediation goes well in 2 weeks....HAHAHAHA
mooneyguy
been around forever
That was extreme sarcasm. the way they’ve been loading up den with all the new hires I’m guessing those are the ones who will be going first, depending also on how many people they will want.
