Originally Posted by
WatchThis320
Currently a captain here. I've been very happy with my career at Spirit but for the first time, I'm getting very nervous about staying. Everybody that I fly with has an app out at a legacy, and almost every captain I speak with is also considering jumping ship.
I know we'll never see top-compensation, but we are falling so far behind that it makes sense for almost everybody at the 50% mark or lower to leave for greener pastures.
Then go.
Not meant to be snarky or judgmental, but put your money where your mouth is and fill out some apps. If you’re a captain here and kept your nose clean, you will almost certainly be hired by one of the legacies and off you go.
I don’t disparage anyone from leaving, I get it, you want to take a shot. Do it.
What I get sick and tired of is the guys on the line who want to talk nervously about what is happening and why it’s a good idea to leave and what they “might” do, but keep waiting for some divine inspiration or fortune cookie to give them the balls to pull the trigger for themselves.
But they don’t, instead they stay here and sow their own fears and trepidations into people who want to stay here or might want to come here.
Want things to change here, act like a captain and start talking about how important upcoming negotiations are, that attending an LEC meeting and informational picketing is important, that knowing and flying the contract will be key. Stop asking guys if they have their apps out.
Sh*t maybe we should pay out vesting to the guys who leave, they at least have the stones to take action.