Attrition among those Spirit pilots who do not have a recall position at other airlines is almost Zero.

A few like the lawman left before the furloughs because they thought that age 60 going away gave them a window of opportunity to use their airbus rating to move into widebody equipment. Some of the pilots on or near the bottom took voluntary leaves/furloughs because doing so offered them a way to explore other options while maintaining a seniority number. Most of us had/have nowhere to go unless we are willing to go to the bottom of some very large list. Being on the bottom of any list in tough economic times is ulcer inducing, especially if you had to sacrific seniority elsewhere to get that low number. Some of the members on this board did just that, but they were pursuing a long time dream as well as looking for better. For someone like me who never had a major of choice (not even SWA when I got started, I just wanted to make a good living flying airplanes), leaving the left seat at Spirit just doesn't make any sense.