Originally Posted by
FahQ2
If Spirit were to stand alone, I would submit that it’s not first year pay that makes candidates balk, but the 40% gap the next 3-5 years and beyond. The 2-3 year upgrades are gone forever (unless some base/schedule anomaly develops like Delta 717 JFK). A new hire today is looking at 5-7 year upgrades, and would have to average 100 credit to still fall short of other narrowbody pilots making guarantee.
Also factoring in our reserve rules, which understandably a lot of pilots aren't crazy about, and anyone hired today could be looking at a significant chunk of their career in the right seat until able to upgrade while bypassing CA reserve. The days of zero to hero line holding CA in four years are far, far behind us.