Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
Spirit is a maturing airline. It isn't the infant ULCC anymore. For how much longer was a new hire going to be a line holding Capt in much less time than that anyway?
Hopefully the JCBA and growth and Europe expansion will all be enough to keep us moving forward. JB's upgrade times as a standalone company were trending down anyway, not up. We're all just along for the ride anyway. We can't control any of this.
All correct. I was more pointing it out, as I do in person to the many FOs I fly with that think a 3 year upgrade will still be there after the merger. And for the ones that take the first available now, that they will likely be on reserve for a lot longer than it is currently. This was not pushing a ISL agenda towards RS, more of a reality check for junior guys picking NK over DL (yes, they exist).