Originally Posted by Beans

How about you try again. CALs first year pay was that but look at the rest of the annual pay scals in that contract. Look at all the soft money and retirement. I love how certain folks at Spirit compare one piece of a contract and say hey we were great at one time. That place was never great and will never be great thats just the facts of being at a ULCC especially one ran by Bendo. Will you get a raise? For sure. Will it be withen 35% of a legacy pay package as a whole? Absolutely Not. Every pilot in at least the last 5 years hired at Spirit has no room to talk. They knew the pay when they were hired and how it stacked up to others flying the same routes and equipment. I agree with what the other poster said above. You guys are willing to fly the same equipment for less and have undercut the rest of the industry in the process. You are doing the same thing in many ways as Norweigan just on a domestic scale. One of the biggest reasons Spirit is able to staff is bc of their willingness to hire folks that are not competive to be hired at a major. I see a tone of 2,800-3,200 hour pilots with no turbine PIC getting hired. These youngsters are trying to jump the line instead of staying and upgrading at a regional. I know many of them and going to Spirit has become a big mistake and they will tell you that. I also know a bunch went to Spirit bc their "gremlins in the closet" wont let them get hired at a major.