Originally Posted by
Bluedriver
And now ULCC model is running out of routes that support daily service, as in part evidenced by F9 and NK having so much route overlap. If there are so many routes that support ULCC service, why not stay out of each other's way instead of doubling over each other's route network? And... This isn't 2016 anymore, having the lowest paid pilots won't guarantee people show up and STAY anymore... The ULCC model is not the unstoppable force you believe it is. And Spirit isn't the small airline it was either. To double or triple again in size will be measured in decades, not years now.
So you just pivot from your assertion that Spirit has been a growth model LCC for the entirety of its 39 years but only yielded 160 aircraft. That’s what I commented on, not routes or pay, stay on point.
You wanted to compare NKs 39 years to B6s 22 as an apples to apples measure of growth and that is disingenuous. Spirit has been through several evolutions as a company before the current model, Jet Blue started out to be Jet Blue.