Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
How much is pilot payroll per year? What percentage would you have to cut it for the company to break even? 3000 pilots at 300,000 per year is $900 million. Cut your pay by 50 percent, company saves $450 million. Is that enough? Would you really be willing to cut your pay by 50 percent knowing it’s a stop gap? If you get downgraded, it will be even worse. Can you afford to be a first officer making 30 percent of what you currently make? All to save 10 years seniority. At a certain point, it doesn’t make sense anymore. Just start over at a legacy and accept that maybe Spirit wasn’t the best airline to bet a career on.
It’s a bad situation to be in. I’ve said this before. I hope if works out.
I hate to say it but, even if the company DID receive concessions from the pilots they (the company) STILL wont change how they operate. It'll just be 'a few more months of operating cash' for them to burn, and quite literally they will do that..paying influencers to post about NK, paying for stupid advertisements...the cavalcade of asine social media posts. They've shown they can't turn the ship around. It was always "we are right around the corner of profitability" then FLL floods for ONE DAY and the whole quarter is a loss. Like can they just not get in front of these things and maybe plan? (novel concept, I know).
They've shown indifference and hostility towards the pilot group. They use words like "FAMILY" then furlough WHILE IN THE SAME DAY give themselves HUGE bonuses. I will not forget or forgive that.
I wouldn't budge an inch. Best of luck.