Originally Posted by
Noisecanceller
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.
Let me assure you that QOL as a lineholder at a Legacy, especially AA, is not as good as one at Spirit. Schedule flexibility is not even close. You have to be super senior and forgo upgrade for years if you want to maintain what you have at Spirit, Lot of misinformation in this thread based off of "one off" experiences that happened for maybe a month here and there due to overstaffing and blank lines. Will not be the norm as the pilot group right sizes.