"Building our legacy" is raising the bar and at least staying in the ballpark of what everyone else is getting. Market rates for airbus pilots are $xxx/hr. It really is that simple.

Even the regionals figured out how to step up their game when the mass exodus hit and the applicant pool dried up. The market evolved to meet the demand for a tightened labor supply, and it is no different for the ULCCs. Either they will figure out how to make it happen, i.e. the ultra low cost model will be forced to change to meet these new demands, or the whole model will go under and it will make the industry a better place for us and those behind us.

Trust me, I ain't worried about finding another job if this doesn't work out. In this competitive labor environment there is virtually no chance a pilot group and a shiny new fleet of A320s is just going to dissolve overnight and not get scooped up.

And if that does happen pretty much everyone is hiring and making solid coin by year 2, even in the right seat.