{"id":2117,"date":"2010-05-12T16:12:00","date_gmt":"2010-05-12T16:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/pilots-for-spirit-airlines-threaten-to-strike\/"},"modified":"2014-08-05T10:37:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T10:37:11","slug":"pilots-for-spirit-airlines-threaten-to-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/pilots-for-spirit-airlines-threaten-to-strike\/","title":{"rendered":"Pilots for Spirit Airlines Threaten to Strike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<strong>Spirit Airlines&#8217; pilots to walk off job in June <\/strong><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spirit Airlines&#8217; pilots have set June 12 as the date in which they will walk off the job if they do not receive a new contract. This news comes as the pilots&#8217; union rejected binding arbitration Wednesday with the low-cost carrier.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Florida based airline said the company is continuing to work out a new deal with the union, but informed employees possible job cuts could be on the horizon. Even if a strike were to occur, Spirit said it would continue operating normally.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Spirit Airline said it wants a contact &#8220;that effectively<br \/>\nensures the long-term stability and growth of the company, as well as<br \/>\nproviding for rewarding and stable careers for our pilots and<br \/>\nco-workers who do a great job for the company.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Both sides have actually been going back and forth on a new contract for over three years, with the union saying little progress has been made. The pilots&#8217; union added that even though Spirit is making money, they have informed employees of cuts in their benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spirit has been making headlines lately with such new features as adding pre-reclined seats and imposing a new $45 carry-on baggage fee which goes into effect August 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Source:\u00a0 Associated Press <\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Spirit Airlines&#8217; pilots to walk off job in June &nbsp; Spirit Airlines&#8217; pilots have set June 12 as the date in which they will walk off the job if they do not receive a new contract. This news comes as the pilots&#8217; union rejected binding arbitration Wednesday with the low-cost carrier. &nbsp; The Florida [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-other"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97168736,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2117\/revisions\/97168736"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cheapoair.com\/miles-away\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}