Originally Posted by
bafanguy
DYS,
Would you happen to know how many E3s Frontier and Spirit have taken ? And are they E3s who had previously been at a US regional or straight from Australia?
tossbag definitely has better Spirit intel than I do. I'm not sure of the amount of guys F9 has taken, but I know for a fact they're interviewing GA guys from home that meet the mins. I also heard through the grapevine that F9 is down to their last 2 classes worth of candidates. How true that is I don't know, but more money for first year guys seems to indicate it's probably likely.
Being able to skip the regionals entirely, start on $100k USD, with and extra $50k to help you settle in sure is a nicer way to start here than a lot of us did. I don't see this trend slowing anytime soon.
Also as a random thought, F9 do their signing bonus as a forgivable loan (obviously read the fine print before signing). Having said that, it may help Aussies generate a credit score rather quickly because of how it's set up.