Your friend needs to find another employer quickly. Bill Franke was the former CEO at America West, and he had all the personality of a bag cart and needed a security escort with him whenever he directly interacted with the rank and file employees due to his policies.
Oh, Good God... Bill Franke and former people from Allegiant as the new Management??? Hasn't F9 suffered enough already? My opinions about Franke were previously stated, but Allegiant Managers have demonstrated such profound contempt for every work group outside of their corporate structure. Allegiant contracted out their LAS hub in both Customer Service Reps and Fleet Service Agents a few years ago when they started talking union. Both the pilots and flight attendant unions have been getting nowhere with Allegiant, as the Management continues to make some very unreasonable expectations. For example, when one of Allegiant aircraft is stuck in some outstation for what could be days, Management has been very unwilling to provide any significant compensation. I have heard of pilots deadheading from LAS to HNL 4 people crammed into the flight deck of a B757, so they could swap seats on the return flight back. Sure both of these things save money, but no way to treat employees, especially being stuck in an area the size of a closet with 3 other people for 12 hours. I don't know about the mechanics, but based upon my observations and news reports of planes with mechanical problems and overlooked A.D.'s, I suspect there is a fair amount of management pencil whipping.
