Originally Posted by
PossibleDeviation
From what I’ve gathered chatting CAs and other FOs I know, the more senior FOs, ones bypassing upgrade, so say 3-5 years at spirit that are sticking around. They value the QOL. It’s the 1-3 year FOs that are bailing. Still new enough where they haven’t built up that much seniority and maybe they can’t/haven’t been able to manipulate their schedule as they thought or that flexibility isn’t as important to them.
I find this to be accurate as well. A lot of people I talk to don’t want to see how this merger plays out. People usually mention that if they have to work as hard as a legacy pilot, they want ti be compensated like a legacy pilot.
On the side of it, senior folks here say they would bail too if they had 1-3 years of seniority. It’s definitely interesting times right now and way too many variables at play