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Spirit doesn’t have RJ’s to whipsaw legacy rates, and SW will eventually be in a world of hurt without a global code share. ULCC’s built by Frankie and others world wide are coming to fruition whether pilots like it or not. A global ULCC code share network is inevitable. The Spirit TA needs strong scope, pay, LTD, and retirement to protect us while we transition through the next evolution in airline travel. History depicts a pilot’s perceived best airline of ‘Today’ is the one most venerable to failure tomorrow.
This is completely false. Nothing is stoping southwest from competing globally because they scope against codesharing. It only guarantees that southwest pilots will do the flying.
You’re right though Spirit doesn’t have RJs but it doesn’t mean they won’t at some point. I don’t care what kind of planes the company wants to move people on. Whether it’s widebodies, narrowboddies, RJs, or Cessnas, I want Spirit pilots flying them. Period!