Originally Posted by Hotel8

Listen, we already passed up the best opportunity to make gains, under the goodwill created by J.A.'s leadership. Now, our group has ZERO leverage! Why would they pay us industry leading wages when our pilots are more than happy to show up and move aircraft under the current agreement? There is very little attrition and people are generally happy at work.



I've heard of junior Spirit captains making more than their legacy counterparts by keeping in touch with crew scheduling for flying opportunities, and that's beyond what they can pick up or swap for in the daily open time Hunger Games.



Classes fill up, and even if the pool runs dry the shift to European style ab-initio program that guarantees a job instead of paying six figures for a useless degree is going to entice new pilots to sign up right out of high school. Jet Blue has already seen the writing on the wall and started theirs.



Why waste any money investing in pilot wages, as opposed to investing in new aircraft and infrastructure that will enhance growth and show a solid return to investors?



It's like wasting money on 93 octane premium fuel when your vehicle runs just fine on the cheap gas. The operation is even improving!