You're pretty dumb you know. This is basic common sense. Spirit management needs new hires and beyond to stay, especially year one new hires. Contract doesn't allow Spirit management to throw money at that SPECIFIC area. Thus, Spirit pilots hold all the cards on this one. It's called leverage. Give the company an LOA to raise first year pay only and address the issue, contract negotiations stall.
Sure, I would like new hires to be compensated properly. But Spirit management didn't see it that way in 2018. That's their cake and now they have to eat it. Unfortunately with all the new hires that still want to come here as well. The answer is that the new hires will stop coming here with more options now thus increasing the NK pilots leverage.