I am a new hire and I know I do not have clout. I am sure this will cause a lot of discord, but to answer this question honestly, it was through word of mouth. Mainly during my Republic layovers when my crew would share a shuttle van with a Spirit crew, they seemed to have more nice things to say about their quality of life than bad things. Granted this was mid 2020- 2021. With that being said, I decided to apply to Spirit and was pleasantly surprised how quickly I was interviewed, hired, and all set up ready to go for training. I know its frustrating seeing other airlines coming out with TAs and voting new pay scales basically "overnight" but I am hoping Spirit comes up with a TA soon that will help offset the loss and possibly even make more than the job I left in less than a year. Am I being too naive to think Spirit will come through? We shall see! (Side Note, I am coming from a part 135 operator and convinced myself Spirit was going to be better in pay, schedule, and insurance in the long run.)