Originally Posted by
RemoveB4flght
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.
I can almost guarantee I was hired before you and I agree however the events of the moment will have great influence on our collective futures. And while I did t get started here to work at JetBlue, the other two options are pretty aweful. This management is clearly done running this company and it shows. I also have lost confidence that the ULCC model can grown further in the US. Many will leave and we will shrink to profitability is my prediction if the merger isn’t approved