Lot of guru pilots on here that had a second career in airline merger etc.

A serious question.

We know now that JB can rest assured they have a dance partner and NK management has no obligation to ensure the viability of the Spirit Airlines brand. Is it safe to say: until what was Spirit Airlines is absorbed by JetBlue Airways and a JCBA has been settled, all new aircraft that were to be put into the Spirit system will now be painted in JB colors and put into the JB network? No new routes or means to improving the customer service experience of Spirit Airlines should be expected since there’s no reason to build the brand.

How does that effect us as pilots of NK for the next couple of years? Realistically it’s been nice to experience real organic growth and new aircraft each month.

NK hires because of attrition. But it also has been hiring substantially to keep up with growth as well. Upgrades will most likely stop until since Spirit Airlines will be, from our perspective, winding down until a JCBA is reached.

Knowing that these regulatory processes take quite some time, I’d imagine JB will be whittling a way at the NK, until there’s very little
left. So as to show the DOJ that there’s nothing to save by opposing the merge. Another not so fun thing for us.

To those in the know, (seems to be quite a few of you) please tell me something that will make the next couple of years less painful for us.