Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
All of this info is today and things change fast which is why the advice to move fast. The hiring numbers are staggering. It’s a bit frustrating for some of us too bc many of us are waiting to see if this merger gets approved before deciding to cut bait and move on. Problem is while we wait someone else is getting hired and getting senior to us somewhere else, as well as most likely younger. It’s a painful waiting game. Imo if the merger doesn’t get approved this place will go to hell under Frontier or we will shrink to death on our own as everyone floods out the door.
YOU may be waiting for the merger decision to decide what to do with your career (Which by the way is a stupid thing to do. if you want to go, go now) but to state that many people here are doing the same thing is disingenuous. The overwhelming majority of this airline was hired long before any merger was on the table, and those that stayed didn’t do so out of hopes they would one day work for F9 or B6. The only painful part of the waiting game came from a crappy TA to bridge us between a JCBA or going back to our own negotiations. Most pilots at Spirit are here because they want to be here. If the B6 merger is shot down, a subsequent F9 merger is extremely unlikely. Also unlikely is a flood, exodus, or whatever superfluous analogy you want to use for people leaving. Some pilots will leave, most will stay, yellow planes still fly.