Originally Posted by
iFlyRC
I believe Spirit, and Jet Blue both have issues with pilots leaving for the legacies. Yes, both are airlines that people have Sas their destination by choice, but looking down the road, 5, 10 years, you won't be hurting.
About 85 in service. 5 NEOs and a couple more airplanes yet to arrive this year.
Original plan was to give back all but 6 319s by 2021. While still a net increase, Spirit has announced buying some off lease, with 3 of those slated for give back being kept, with maybe 7 more to buy. This is a net increase of up to 10 that were not on the books last year. This net increase, even if upgrade goes to 4 years is better than 8.5 year upgrade at XJT, who can't get dual-class flying, and loses flying every day to SKYW. When the new CEO abandons her post after just 10 MONTHS, that's a sign.
Upgrades continue at Spirit. If you come here and never leave, you will make double at the peak of your carrer than you can make at a regional. The leaked mgt contract proposal from last year had FOs topping out at $149 / hr. Much better than RJ capt. $230 + for captains. This proposal was not even entertained by the pilot group.
Last year's FOs have moved half way up their domicile list in one year. I'm a '16 hire with over 150 behind me already, moving up about 5 spots per month.