Originally Posted by
TerrainOnND
These planes obviously aren't needed if Spirit didn't take them.
For those thinking of going to (or staying at) Spirit and working for basement-level wages in exchange for "growth and upgrade" opportunities, this should be telling. Not only are they passing up opportunities for additional aircraft, they're not even sure they're going to exercise options they already have.
If they're re-thinking their growth with the current contract, imagine how competitive they'll be when (if) they sign a new one.
Not sure I understand what you mean? Competitive as in pay/benefits or you mean competing with other airlines. Last earnings call pretty mich solidifies that the ULCC model is a good one and its here to stay