Originally Posted by Aero1900

One thing to keep in mind regarding the pay rates: Remember that contracts are short term agreements and they are always changing. Yes, at the moment, Frontiers pay rates are not exactly stellar. When you compare them to the current pay rates at UAL/DAL/AA, they are behind for sure. However, you have to remember that the pay rates at Frontier are from a LOA signed to help the company during bankruptcy. The current rates are going to return to the pre bankruptcy rates in a year or two, which will be a nice increase over the current pay rates. Then, the contract is amendable a year after that.

The pay rates that UAL/DAL/AA have now, are Post bankruptcy, Post merger rates. Frontiers current rates are still bankruptcy rates. I would expect to see Frontier pay rates go up in the future. They will not equal the rates are the big three, but I think they will close the gap for sure.

When you are making decsions about a long term career, you can't get wrapped up in such a short term thing as the current pay rates that are going to change in a year or two anyhow. What Frontier has going for it is a very friendly culture. We are all like family at Frontier and everyone treats each other with a great deal of respect. This is a great company to work for. In addition to the excellent culture that makes working here a joy, we also have some of the best work rules in the industry. The way that we can manipulate our schedules is excellent. We can easily add/drop/ and split trips. You can really easily drop a victory lap off your schedule if you want to get home early, or add a high credit turn to pump up your pay check. Our current pay rates are not the best, but out scheduling and corporate culture are. Once our pay rates snap back to pre bankruptcy rates, our CAs will top at 166/hour and an FOs 104/hour, with the contract amendable in 2017.

There are a lot of great reasons to work at Frontier, and I hope that anyone who is interested inst turned off based on the current pay rates alone. It has been an absolute pleasure working here, and I would encourage anyone interested to apply. The future of Frontier is probably better now than it has ever been. We have more fanicial backing now, and a proven business model. I think the best days of Frontier are ahead