Originally Posted by
CAirBear
And IF/WHEN this place ever actually merges, you really think the “new Spirit/Frontier” at 450+ airframe and 1,000+ daily flights is going to be 70% 1-2 days? Get real. The larger you get the less you can legitimately pull that off.
Also, as IAmEssential pointed out, it’s worlded very poorly. I suspect you’ll See a lot more 3 leg day 1s with a turn aka “out and back” then one leg to an overnight. Or a 2 leg a day 2 day with a flight to FL then to another “hub” If you will.
You should probably wait a few months to see how this even shakes out before losing your minds. Management loves to talk. Amazing how well run the op is with the new IROP DEFCON system now! Incredible…
Even if I had to get 3-4 hotels more a month my life is immensely better here than Allegiant (where I worked) and who has a base where I live.
Now cue all the usual DBs to tell me I drink the kool-aid. 🥱
Size has nothing to do with it. Jetblue runs about 1,000 flights/day, most hub turns that touch NYC and BOS. They could absolutely run 70% one-day trips if they wanted to. I’ve seen in my domicile well over 50% day trips, usually it settles around 35%. If the network is built for it and your contract allows it, it doesn’t matter if you’re big or small.