Originally Posted by
Omniscient
Are you that new to this industry? “Highly skilled professional aviators” have been delivering pizzas for years. And while you’re at Dominos, waiting for the next delivery, you can have a chat with your coworker who is a highly skilled PhD and the cashier who is a highly skilled thespian about is trying for a acting career.
How did CAL and UAL FOs get by in 2008 at 29 and 33 bucks an hour and no health insurance for 6 months! They eventually improved on those numbers as will we.
I have nothing but respect for the person who realizes that in order to pay the bills, you do what’s necessary to get it done; instead on whining about what’s not fair and how highly skilled you are.
Man, it's 2019/nearly 2020 now. Not the horrible economic times of 2008-9. You don't need to constantly reference horrible times to justify the Spirit contract. However, to that point, you're right; in 2008-9 this would have been a stellar contract and applicants would have been flocking to Spirit for the 45% gain.