Originally Posted by
PossibleDeviation
No other major airline has the reserve grid language or drop-to-zero language that we have at Spirit. Once a lineholder here, there is NO other place to experience the flexibility you have here. Are the other parts of our CBA industry leading? HELL NO. But scheduling flexibility, it is.
Every month I usually am awarded 15-18 days off crediting 70-72 hours holding some/most of the days I want off, off. By the end of the month, after rebuilding by entire schedule and listing for premium, I average 18.5 days off and 103 credit on average. Getting EVERY day that I want off, off.
I love your explanation of QoL benefits at NK, and would love to work under those rules. But there are two counter-points I'd like to make:
1) That will all end when JB takes you over.
2) Your QoL comes at a price... about 86.5% of what a Delta pilot enjoys, plus PS. So yes, you probably have more time off, but you're also making a lot less overall, working for about 75% of what the "big boys" make.
Money isn't everything, but it DOES pay the bills. As long as one has a separate source of income, your work rules would make for a great way of life!
The NK X trips and JB VDA trips are great, once one achieves enough seniority to hold them (requires more seniority at JB than is does at NK).