Originally Posted by
AR1978
Any updates on Spirit's attrition at this point?
Just wondering if the JetBlue/Spirit merger was factoring into people waiting to apply to one of the legacies or not. I'm guessing probably not and attrition is still pretty bad, but just thought I'd ask on here to see what people were thinking.
If anything, the merger should make people leave faster. The reason to come to NK was the fast growth and upgrade. With 70% of the JB pilots that were hired in 2013 not in yet the left seat of the "big(ger)" bus, upgrades are going to come to a screeching halt for NK FOs after integration.
Remaining on the SL from the 2013 hires:
JB: total 221, A320 PIC 73, 220/170 PIC 53, FO 100.
NK: total 168, PIC 162, FO 6.
2018 hires:
JB: 224 total, 158 320, 23 220, 42 170, all FO
NK: 298 total, 40PIC, 258 FO.
(all based on March 22 Seniority list data, because the way I built the excel sheet makes it hard to add to the bottom....)
Yes, once you upgrade, your pay is a bit higher, but if it takes an extra 5 years to upgrade.....