Not quite. Break even point now is somewhere in the third year. Yeah you’re making more second year but you’re still playing catch up. Not to mention like others said 2-3 months of training pay isn’t even enough to live off of these days. Contract day one with reduced guaranteed hours would make more sense.

My point was the constant influx of regional pilots is going to slow as many who would have considered coming to a lcc like spirit are going to stay at their current position till they can go direct to mainline. Attrition might be the problem but there’s going to be huge problems on both ends. They’re going to lose that “cheap labor” source if they don’t at least match their pay or come close to it to keep people walking in the door.