Originally Posted by
MtoL
Agreed
cactusmike
My airline has former NK guys. All great guys. The one thing I’ve constantly heard is that they were surprised at how good the QOL is. For sure, it’s not as good as the contract at NK, but it’s not as bad as they thought it’d be.
My goal in posting here is not to kick the NK pilots while they’re down. It’s to let the ones on the fence know that they may be working with some inaccurate information.
I don’t think anyone is disputing that you can have great QOL at a legacy and probably better than Spirit. It takes seniority just like anywhere. If you are at the top of Spirit, older than 40, and a CA you will never attain that QOL and earnings ever again. With some time you can have one but not both. The amount of time it will take to get one back is anyone’s guess. There are major family sacrifices to be made in that case that can alter one’s entire life.
If Spirit goes under the point is moot. Those sacrifices MUST be made. If there is even a small percentage of a chance Spriit survives, the choice whether or not to toss it all, and try to attain some semblance of what you had over what may not be an insignificant period of time, becomes much more difficult. So saying just go to a legacy and it will be better doesn’t always hold water. I just will not go back to working 4+ day trips over the weekends for a ton less money unless I absolutely have to. Write me a LOR when the time comes please.