Originally Posted by
Tjamaica
The money is there for Spirit if they want it. It is a known amount of money based on payroll 2Q19 and 3Q19. So perhaps they are just delaying accepting the money for as long as possible to run at the 90%+ reduced schedule while they still can. Once the money is received they have 7 days to comply with the route structure requirements. The longer Spirit runs lean (delays taking the money), the more money they actually save perhaps... just a thought...
Makes perfect sense! Seems like it would be a real pain for them to increase flying to meet the requirements prior to May 1.