Originally Posted by
NotAHobby7
Disclaimer: I am strongly interested in Spirit not for a base or potential "quick" upgrade, but because I truly believe in their business model and culture, truly excited. However, I'd be lying if those two facets didn't factor into my decision at least partly. Would someone be as kind to provide their insight or best guess to my questions.
1) How soon for a new hire to hold DFW or ORD, and any chance of a line within a year (fully realizing the fluid nature of base seniority)?
2) Any truth to the IAH base rumor?
3) My flight case is about dead, EFB's soon?
4) If hired by 1Q 2015, upgrade still under five years?
Thanks in advance, and first beer on me (on second year pay).
1. Within a month or two. Both Ord and Dfw are relatively junior.
2. Short answer is anything is possible.
3. Last I heard on EFBs is we should have them by q115 but they have been saying they are coming for at least 2 years.
4.upgrade should still remain under 5 years however you need to realize unless we announce another aircraft order (very possible) anyone hired on now will be a junior Captain for their entire career. We have a ton of young Captains so when the music stops it will stop for a long time.
We currently have 147 airplanes on order with around 1050 on the seniority list already. Depending on the staffing formula they use (I would guess somewhere around 16 pilots per airplane) we will have around 2300-2400 total pilots by 2021. Assuming no attrition and no additional growth we will hire our last Captain in 2015.