Originally Posted by
PossibleDeviation
Year 2 at Spirit I'd make more. I just upgraded so probably would make around 80k this year if I stayed. I'm just a bit uncomfortable right now with all that's changing at Spirit. Seems like to the company is changing some large parts of the operation and I'm not on board with any of them.
You're obviously going to take a pay cut with NK training pay and 1st year pay. If you want ORD, I would be apprehensive if that is your sole desire. Frontier pulled out of it, and depending if you actually want to be at NK or not for the long term (with the impending merger), could definitely impact that.
Having said that, I would absolutely not stay at a Regional if you have the opportunity to leave. Even in this economy, I'd still much rather be stuck at NK. There is much more to a job than your hourly pay rate. There is 0 reason to stay at a Regional, and that even excludes how much more valuable you would be with an A320 type.