Piltdown man
To any budding airline execs: Low cost is fine but please don't expect to get staff on the cheap. Cheap people = below average staff = rubbish service = poor performance = unhappy customers = bankruptcy.
Appreciate this is concerning Spirit, but other's have mentioned Europe for some reason. I believe that Cheap people = below average staff has been happening in flight deck recruitment in some EU operations for some time now. Rubbish service = poor performance has been prevalent in many EU carriers in other roles for considerably longer. Bankruptcy doesn't appear to be on the horizon for any of them however.
I flew with an ex-Spirit Skipper a few years ago - I was under the impression they didn't make great money for flying large aircraft?