ABX is having the same problem as spirit. It's not a pilot shortage, it's a pay shortage. Does delta or united have pilot shortage? No. In fact united has stopped all new hire classes until November because they have a temporary surplus.

I don't know about ABX and it's deal with Amazon but for Spirit the proposal from the pilots union has not only been proven to be affordable by financial analysis but the company would also maintain top of the industry profit margins after agreeing to the pilots proposal.

These are the facts