Originally Posted by FNGFO

We’re not getting an industry leading contract. And now it’s clear why. The head shed thought the F9 merger and 5th biggest airline with huge growth plans would be enough to stave off attrition. They were wrong. No one who can move on wants to wait 2-3 years for a JCBA when you can do better at a legacy pretty much now.

And that’s fine. Indigo and Franke don’t pay top dollar for anything. They weren’t going to give it to you either. B6, if chosen, won’t either, but it would be closer to industry standard.

All these grand dreams of growth and great contract count for nothing when you can’t staff the airline. We can’t staff the airline, and movement at the legacies will make it incredibly difficult for the next 4-7 years to do so. Hiring 120 to net 30 month over month while not being able to staff the coming deliveries isn’t going to cut it. And I don’t think Ted et al are interested trying to address it knowing that any merger will mean that there won’t be another Spirit contract.

They made some very poor assumptions, greatly misjudged the pilot market and maybe were dreaming of spending their merger buyouts. Stagnation and attrition will be the order of the day for the foreseeable future imoho.