Don’t know why snarky remarks aren’t allowed. I think spirit is a legit target like any other airline.
it has been interesting waiting for no news and no communication and trying to negotiate with the hotel to let you stay another night after days with nothing from the company.
dealing with the pax has been hit or miss. They are all incredibly angry and upset. I did take a calculated risk to talk to passengers at the gate (with no agent present of course) and found out that they were just happy to have anyone from spirit talk to them and to vent on. even if it was bad news or I couldn’t answer any of their questions.
I did put it out there (standing at the front of the passenger cabin) once the flight was boarded that I was sorry for the delays and cancellations but we as crewmembers are just as upset and frustrated at the delays and cancellations too. And for this one flight (of the two I have been able to actually fly on this 4 day trip) my flight attendants were not the appropriate target for their grievances and I wasn’t going to put up with any one giving any of my flight attendants any issues. And now that we’re on a serviceable plane, no maintenance issues, no duty time issues, no fuel issues and no ramp issues for this one flight, we were finally going to be on our way to wherever we were going.
On time has been out the window since the whole thing started. A small “win” is just to get a completion - any completion.
My next step is to just jumpseat home on the last day of my trip if I still havent heard anything by then.
maybe start putting that alternate career plan /furlough/airline liquidated plan that I hatched up last summer into effect if the airline falls apart permanently.
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