Spirit management will ask for what they believe will lessen, not halt, attrition. Not a penny more. If they feel that JB rates will accomplish that, that's what they will ask. If they feel that increasing first year pay and nothing else will accomplish that, make no mistake that is what they will ask for. If they feel that it will take $500/hour to make Gen Z pilots get over the stigma of telling chicks/dudes that they work for Spirit, perhaps they'll offer that.

They could offer AK+1 today if they wanted to. But they're not. Think about that.