Originally Posted by
Lost Lemming
I heard today that Spirit are just starting a big recruitment push. Also reported to be hiring on pilotjobsnews.com (not sure how reliable that is) - does anybody know exact figures on planned hires? Also any specific info on the financial position of the airlines - e.g. leverage ratios, debt interest coverage ratios etc (I don't want to get thrown to the bottom of a seniority list for the third time!
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Well since no one else is going to give you a REAL answer, I might as well. We are planning to hire about 100 pilots this year, thats a 25% increase. Right now the plan is to hire a class of 12 each month until staffing is where they like it, then hire again end of the year for the two new aircraft we are scheduled to get in Nov. Please understand these are the "plans", and Spirit has been known to change their plans multiple times...in fact I would count on it. Its just about impossible right now to get an interview without an internal rec or two. There are just two many qualified applicants. I would expect that to begin to thin out as the year goes on.
As far as financials, the previous statement is correct. We are a private company, and therefore only required to submit a limited amount of financial data to the BTS. You can find that on their website
RITA | Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). Also, we recently filed for IPO with the SEC. That is a public filing, and a very detailed analysis of our finances can be found there.
Hope this helps, and good luck to you!
CS