Originally Posted by symbian simian

Big three have thousands of pilots retiring in the next 5 years, NK has 50, so early out isn't going to do much. For every displaced WB Captain the big three have 6-ish full training events, and they just furloughed half of the training center, for NK, 1 SIM session and a line check and you are an FO again. Spirit has ZERO incentive to offer paid leave, so don't count on any paid long term leave. The only reason SWA is offering long term paid leave (200K/year as a 12 year FO ) is because furloughs sound bad, when is the last time NK woried about sounding bad?