Originally Posted by afterburn81

I mean, the pricing difference between JB and a flight on a legacy is negligible. Heck sometimes when I want to buy a ticket between cities, DL is less than JB on the same date within an hour of each other. Then there's Spirit. Flies the same aircraft as JB and DL on the same route, just later at night. A fraction of the price.

Eliminating the Spirit option is certainly a loss for the customer on a budget. In which the regulators may have beef with. I dunno though. I'm just a pilot. Honestly just speculating on this stuff.