Pretty provocative title, but here it goes...
I'm 51, coming from the wide-body overseas carrier and have a choice between ACMI carrier and the ULCC/Spirit to retire at in 14 years.
What attracts me to Spirit is the apparent ability to adjust one's schedule to either maximize income or have lots of time off.
Relatively new fleet of 320s (which I never flew but would love to try), great, and friendly team spirit (pun not intended) and choice of bases (ORD or IAH would work great for me).
How do you see this place as a potential destination airline for a guy my age? I have zero interest in flying wide body ever again (sick and tired of it), but would like the flexibility of the roster and competitive pay on par with the big guys (or close to it).
Few supplemental questions:
- what is the training timeframe and do you get to fly home on weekends?
- is there a ZED travel non rev agreement with other airlines to use?
- is the choice of base in the joining class dependent on age or anything else?

Thanks