Originally Posted by The Juice

This may be the case for senior CAs at Spirit who are closer in line of parity to Legacy CAs.

However, no way around it, FOs here are paid way less than Legacy counter parts, no matter of work rules or line bidding practices. Guys hitting 3rd year FO pay are now $40 less an hour than Legacy counterparts. Simple math would suggest that a 3rd year FO would have to credit 120 hours to match what a guarantee line would pay at a Legacy. And there is no way I would believe or accept that work rules at Spirit make it as easy to credit 120 as a Legacy carrier would be to credit guarantee.

This is the case for the entire FO pay scale and many of our Captains.

Some of our senior pilots dont agree with this math because it doesnt affect them, just guys junior to them and for some, those that need to still "pay their dues." Fact of the matter is that this airline is getting junior by the day and as a group, we need to focus on what is best for the majority of our pilots, not the 5%.

I agree the PBS is a huge concession, not something that I would vote for, and not something I think the company is going to want, but lets not act like Spirit is the only airline with work rules and it is somehow ok to have 3rd year Airbus FOs at $40 less than their counterparts and junior CAs flying 218 seat airplanes around at $130/hr