SPC Update – August 15, 2025
Fellow Pilots,
Over the past few days members of senior management spent time flying on private jets to FNT, GRR, and ATW for some union busting activities. Using base visits as a façade, management can get a feel for how united we are, and what type of contract we’ll accept. At the invitation of the SPC, members of your negotiating team availed themselves of this opportunity to meet with senior management at the Grand Rapids event. The negotiations team members had hoped they’d find a receptive audience with Tyler Hollingsworth, Rod Hardesty, Michelle Bathalter, and Greg Anderson. Although there were no pilots in attendance and plenty of time for discussions, management refused to engage the negotiating committee. Our negotiators have shown that they will meet with management at any time and any place/base. These base visits have only one purpose, to lower your expectations and tell you you’re worth less. The negotiation committee has put forward a fair proposal, and are awaiting the company’s counter offer.
Our pilot group makes an impassioned plea to our CEO Greg Anderson, please get involved. No contract can be finalized without your involvement. It’s been 4 plus years that our contract has become amendable. You’ve said numerous times while CO-President and now CEO that a pilot contract is your top priority. If this is true, it is well past time that you become involved and set the tone. Otherwise the last comments from senior management about our contract comes from our CFO, who stated during the last earnings call that there would be no increase in wages for 2026.
Even though the meeting with management was unproductive, your SPC representatives couldn’t be prouder of the pilots of FNT, GRR, and ATW. The SPC asked the FNT pilots to attend their event. GRR, and ATW were asked not to attend the management event. This is what unity looks like.
(GRR Pilots attending an SPC event instead of meeting with management.)
#decertifymanagement
In Unity,
Strategic Preparedness Committee (SPC)