Originally Posted by
JulesWinfield
There was a 3 month stretch where they would file the wrong arrivals going into DFW. I don’t know if it’s turnover, or what, but the spirit dispatchers were pretty bad at planning. Routing through TS, wrong arrivals, bad alternates, etc. Enroute, they seemed better and sending updates and what not.
Sometimes they'll give you an alternate that is further away just to get more fuel on, and then you can amend it in the air.