Originally Posted by
Stayontarget
What a mess. Literally everything is going as badly as possible for our contract negotiations.
Merger announced and we look forward to JCBA! - JetBlue says hold my beer
Attrition is going ballistic! They won’t be able to staff - we’ve lost 2 this month
Massive growth projected! - change our order book timeline and say it’s “just aligning with Airbus delays”
Not amazing growth like it was but still good growth! - capacity cuts hit and we are able to fly from originally 15+ pilots per plane to less than 14
Finally back to making real money! - Tarrifs destroy airline profitability. Further capacity cuts expected during the busiest and most profitable summer months.
What did I miss?
I’ve been wrong so many times. But if both spirit and frontier are struggling, and spirit refuses to die, or at least continues to eat into frontiers profits and frontier does the same to spirit…I’d have to imagine they will almost be forced to merge to survive this upcoming economic downturn.