Originally Posted by
Morada
I wouldn’t say I’m arguing a point per say. But if a candidate is looking at which airline to work at for instances, it would be in their best interest to have an idea of probability on upgrading. At spirit the only way someone will upgrade or move up in seniority is based on growth and at a legacy it’s likely going to come from retirements over growth.
It will be interesting to see how the applicant numbers look once we cross that 3000 pilot mark. Also interesting to see if we start losing people to legacies again like in the past once they realize upgrade might not happen based on current order size.
The way we hit the mark is through a merger…. Once the legacies start hiring at full speed + Southwest, we will likely see attrition similar to 2016-17 and the easiest way to be a 5,000 pilot airline, is to merge. On the bright side, we could get a pay bump through a jcba….