Originally Posted by
KNOTAPILOT
LOL you gotta be trolling. There’s a reason so many regional FOs only use spirit as a type ride to get a call from the legacy carrier. Everyone talking about QOL at spirit like there isn’t an attrition problem with pilots leaving to other airlines that don’t have the dropping to zero stuff everyone is raving about. So no a spirit airline pilot should not gain any relative seniority, even keeping it a relative seniority shuffle favors the spirit pilots massively. There should also be a slight factor of what airline is getting purchased added to it. I know so many think the ULCC is a way of life but again Spirit is getting purchased. CASH! Not as high and mighty as you may think.
Uhm, no. Nobody is leaving NK for JB (or the other way). NK pilots hired 3 years ago, based on looking at orders were looking at line holders as a captain on a A320 in 5 years, not sitting reserve as an E170 captain. Career expectation is a thing.
ULCC has nothing to do with it, and your pay rates aren't nearly enough to make up for it.