You do not get what you deserve you get what you negotiate. If the other side will not negotiate then you do not have alot of options. The Spirit Guys/Gals are at the go big or go home point. I wish them luck.
The bottom line is good pilot compensation is no barrier to profitability or long term sucess. SouthWest has the highest narrow body pilot pay structure of any US airline and is a consistantly profitable airline. The problem is not pilot pay structure it's incompetant mangement with United's Glen T being the poster child for the failure of the MBA mindless culture of short term cost cutting over long term value creation.....