Originally Posted by
The Juice
1) Other airlines don't have the rushed training footprint that Spirit does
2) Dont agree with the 24 hour sims and classes of 50+. Growth is now decreasing from this point on “We do not expect to repeat a 30% growth rate in the future, but we are comfortable with a 15%-20% [annual growth] range,” Fornaro. And we are getting a new sim in DFW and possibly another one in ORD, allowing more sim slots for pilots. So classes of 50+ essentially means attrition is at a point of operational collapse (fingers crossed)
Short of a new contract, every sim that goes on motion after midnight is being done so by the student allowing it to happen.
So again I suggest to new hire pilots that they dont agree to do the midnight sims. Stay in the training footprint and allow you to be positive space flown to and from, hotels paid for, and miss ACY completely while you accrue seniority in training. You still get first year pay after 90 days, its in the contract and the pay difference between hitting the line earlier is not that big of a difference when you factor in commuting costs to ACY while you try and hold your base of preference. Especially if you are thinking of bailing, dont risk a pink slip on your record because you are trying to learn V1 cuts (the three of four you will see total before your ride) at 3am.