Spirit of NKS
05-17-2015, 06:46 PM
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Then maybe you can help bring it into focus. What I see is giving up 95k/year with a good schedule and being based at home to commute for 30-35k. Colgan guy said after 3 years he still isn't pulling down what he did at Colgan. So conservatively, you'd have to be there 5 or 6 years to break even and start pulling ahead (assuming you upgrade in 3.5 years.)
So I'm trying to find where I'll make up the difference.
So I'm trying to find where I'll make up the difference.
Seriously, you've made the case against coming here, so why do you want to work for Spirit??
05-17-2015, 06:51 PM
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Joined APC: Dec 2012
Position: EMB145 CA
Posts: 14
Don't know that I do. I'm trying to make the best decision for myself and my family. Good, reasonable advice is all I'm looking for.
05-17-2015, 06:55 PM
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Joined APC: Jun 2006
Posts: 68
The move to Spirit was for QOL, and that has really paid off.
Last edited by Blueridge877; 05-17-2015 at 07:00 PM. Reason: Too many hyphens for a ULCC post.
05-17-2015, 07:02 PM
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Best of luck in your decision.
05-17-2015, 07:07 PM
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Apply, interview, get offered a job, and then make a decision.
05-17-2015, 07:15 PM
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If you got on today, you will not upgrade in 3.5 years, perhaps six or more, not figuring on attrition. Currently we have 70 planes and expect 73 by the end of the 3rd quarter. Our orders bring us up to 144 planes in 2021. So, if you are not on the job by the end of the 3rd or 4th quarter of this year, my math says no upgrade until 2022.
Apply, interview, get offered a job, and then make a decision.
Apply, interview, get offered a job, and then make a decision.
Like has been said above...apply, interview, and get the job...then it's decision time.
05-17-2015, 07:23 PM
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Joined APC: Aug 2011
Posts: 227
We need unity, during these months prior to negotiations.
A united and contract educated membership, is imperative in achieving our common goal, which is an industry leading contract.
If we do not like what the reps propose, vote it down, and send it back.
They represent us after all.
Best of luck.
05-17-2015, 07:35 PM
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So then any way you slice it, I am looking at making less money over the next fours years? Taking a huge pay cut and commuting in the hopes that I upgrade quickly?
I don't see the benefit of leaving the regional I am at.
Is there pay increases on the horizon? How fast are upgrade times?
I don't see the benefit of leaving the regional I am at.
Is there pay increases on the horizon? How fast are upgrade times?
This is a 20 year decision. Otherwise you would be crazy to leave your regional job.
It's a great place to work and the future is looking bright. If you're willing to make a bet, a pretty safe one, you'll probably be happy you did.
Also I killed it the last two years at Colgan. I don't work very hard at spirit. If I worked at it I would make at least what I made at Colgan, probably more.
05-17-2015, 07:50 PM
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. You get that upgrade, maybe you can make some cash!!! Get that some of that PIC time!!!
05-17-2015, 08:23 PM
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Paris Air Show is coming up next month. Word is ~20 more airframes (I believe A321s) before 2021.
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