Originally Posted by
threeighteen
For a while spirit pilots at any seniority level had *almost* all of the benefits of the 5% FO you described. Then they gave up line bidding and a whole bunch of other things on their last contract for a small raise. They could literally clear lines down to zero, even the guys on reserve. Then go back and pick up endless PPU if they wanted.
QOL is EVERYTHING. Pay becomes more and more worthless by the day, especially these days.
It was a 40% raise. And the days you could drop where days you would not get premium for, and it was according to seniority, not everyone could drop everything, and the rules for dropping trips did not change at all. And our lines where worse than what I can get with PBS. But yes, our reserve rules got absolutely decimated.