Around 55% of the legacy's flag is contracted out to "regionals". As that most excellent recent article by Patrick Smith noted, that means fewer % of pilots end up at the mainlines as in the good ol days. On the other hand, low cost carriers seem set for a lot of growth. Even mainline carriers seem to repeatedly attempt to start their own lost cost structures. Delta, for example, seems less interested in wide body overseas flying and more interested in narrow body domestic flying. Most new Delta pilots will fly the C-series based out of NYC doing shuttle type flying. (Btw, the C-series is supposed to replace Crj-700/900 routes, The 700/900s are supposed to replace 200 routes, and the 50-seaters will disappear. So that will free up a lot of Crj-200 pilots, so I don't think mainline will be too concerned about their regional feed for a couple years. But, if I was a pilot at a 50-seater airline I'd be concerned.) So, realistically, I'd think that far more pilots that want to move on from a regional will end up at a LLC than mainline. Maybe Spirit isn't everyone's first choice, but it is a realistic choice. And, most importantly, it is a CHOICE. Nobody is forcing anyone to go there. It's an option. I don't understand why anybody would ***** about having more options? Plus, my understanding is that other pathways are in the works. Maybe GoJet pilots will end up with 3 or 4 pathways to choose from? It's said that one of the downfalls of this industry is no clear pathways to move up. It's a huge financial risk to get into professional flying because it's such a crap shoot where you'll end up. Many pilots end up at one defunct regional after another. So I applaud GoJet with at least doing something in this regard. They do take an unusual interest in emphasizing that they want to help pilots to move on to bigger and better things. I've worked at several airlines and I've never seen that interest before. First I thought it was BS, but they do seem serious about that from all accounts. The devil is in the details, though. I'm curious how it all pans out. But even if it falls flat on it's face, at least it's an attempt. More than a lot of places do.