Experience was well rounded with 135 and 121 experience. It was clear that more than half of the pilots who traveled to interview lived in the cities which are current bases. Major change was the 10-12 normal pilots called to interview increased to 19. The end result was the 8-10 that were offered a slot. So the standard 80-90% acceptance rate was closer to 50-60%. If that is the future that is fine but pilots who travel to FLL should understand the past might have been changed.

Clearly the next few interviews will show if this was a blip. Maybe it is a case of Spirit trying to look as many as possible prior to Delta, AA, UAL and Airways really starting to hire.

Everyone at Spirit was great and I think the future is bright. I am disappointed in the result but understand with the solid talent pool avail to Spirit that they can be picky to the highest degree. I still enjoyed the process and hope in 6 months I can obtain another opportunity to apply.