Originally Posted by Beans

This is a spot on post and what I said 5 pages back and I got blasted by a few. Its good to see a current Spirit pilot understands this. I left a ULCC to go to a real airline bc I knew what Spirit was and never tried to make it something it wasnt. When I was hired at brand x ULCC I knew the pay just as Spirit pilots do. I hoped for increases but I also wasnt smoking some good stuff and saying we will get a UAL or DL contract with all the hard and soft pay, work rules and benefits. I find it umbelivable that one goes to Spirit and then acts appauled at the pay when they knew it going in. Once again I do belive Spirit will get a contract but it will be on par with Alegiant. If you want a good contract then stop complaining and go to an airline that has one. I know many that left RJ Capt. jobs to go to Spirit with the thought that it would get them hired at a legacy and I warned against this and now it has backfired on them because they werent able to jump others in the hiring line with that all coveted Airbus type. As JustMeAgain stated if you are an RJ guy who is a Capt or almost a Capt. stay put and get your time and wait for a real airline to call dont go to a place like Spirit or Frontier!!!!