Originally Posted by Noisecanceller

These ****ing jokers.

1. The industry is the healthiest it’s been in history due to past consolidation.

2. Tickets are the cheapest they’ve ever been on an inflationary scale.

3. Route networks larger than ever allowing more ease in rerouting passengers due to bad weather and other circumstances.

4. Large gains have been made in labor contracts to compensate employees better than they have been since pre 9/11

5. billions in value have been returned to shareholders

6. Blocking further consolidation through the Spirit/jetblue merger put 163 highly skilled union pilots out of work and is threatening to put thousands of Americans at Spirit out of work, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in lost shareholder value.

7. Airfare will go up when spirit goes under when the spirit/JetBlue merger would have kept legacy prices in check.

I cannot believe these ****ers are even citing this as a positive for the industry.