Originally Posted by
CRJdriver2017
I’m in the same situation right now. Frontier surprisingly invited me for an interview back in March and got offered into the hiring pool. No class date yet but my background stuff is pending. Then Jetblue sent me a phase 1 invite yesterday. Basically I’m unclear as to where I will be long term but I don’t look down on ULCC carriers like some. I’m a FL guy, that’s where my family is and that’s where I wanna end up. Pay seems slightly higher at jetblue but I’m anticipating new rates with the pending merger and even so without. FL bases are junior with good movement and upgrade times. Jetblue seems like it will be a while for FL and then really slow progression. Jetblue has a better name and reputation.
I will start with saying the obvious, anything in this industry can change at any time. For perspective, I started Jetblue around the same time my friend started at Spirit. I am a very junior line holder, I fly to better destinations, I use my travel benefits. He’s a reserve captain, makes more money than me, works less, flies to worse places, buys tickets on other airlines.