Originally Posted by afterburn81

Well getting back on the topic of this thread.

Spirit vs……..

From my perspective, the one thing NK has going for it is QOL. It’s unique to NK. It all depends on your lifestyle and your commitment to your employer. At the moment, under our current work rules and compared to several other better paying airlines, a relatively junior pilot can enjoy the flexibility of how easy it is to modify your schedule to meet your personal life needs.

Long story short, if you’re like me and you don’t like the idea of being owned by your employer NK allows this at a much earlier point in seniority vs the big 3.

Of course the big 3 will compensate you far better for your sacrifice and commitment to the company. But you have less of a choice there. They need you to work and the contract allows them to enforce it more than a place like NK.

As a very junior guy, I barely fly (don’t get paid much either) and enjoy running my Family business with little to no compromise from my flight schedule.

From my understanding of talking to other friends that are at the big 3, it’s not quite as easy to have that lifestyle. It’s all in what you prefer.