Thank you, but I’m hardly that.

USAF had 10-15 interested in the program, which is voluntary as of now, with 3 accepting positions. Not knowing the situations around those three, one can surmise that they have recently retired, probably out of a staff job with no currency in the previous three years, their options were limited in regards to Major airline flying and probably no desire to work for an airline.

Being as the program is voluntary and they’re looking for retirees who have retired within the last five years to fill rated staff positions (not flying and not receiving flying bonuses) I really don’t believe anyone would leave their legacy gig to go push paper for a year. Staff work is mind numbingly boring compared to flying and would amount to a pay cut for most guys. Until the USAF offers flying jobs (which won’t happen) or makes the recall mandatory (which probably won’t happen) I highly doubt this is going to have any appreciable effect on Spirit or any other airline.