Originally Posted by
GPullR
Sorry but nobody is going to help this time around. They are going to go to the courts and say they need to gut every contract by 50% or more. They will then try and get rid of any airplane anybody will buy. After all that when there is no lifeline they will throw in the towel by years end with all the higher ups taking their money and running.
You have literally no idea what is and will transpire.
Originally Posted by
CincoDeMayo
Spirit was already losing money before planes were grounded.
Never was “half the fleet grounded,” not even close.
You clearly don’t and have never worked for Spirit, as you said, because it’s glaringly obvious. Spirits management 100% contributed to this disaster. Any of us who were/are here, saw it.
Spirit lost cost discipline. Spirit did not react timely to changing market forces like Basic Economy. They didn’t make the needed changes in time. This is not an economies of scale issue, it’s a product and execution issue. If it was as simple as “getting all the planes back” to make money, they wouldn’t be looking to sell planes and shrink.
I clearly don't work for Spirit? Did you deduce that after reading that I wrote that I don't work for Spirit? lol
Spirit is the size it was in 2019 but staffing wise it's around 2023 numbers. They cut 10 million seats out of their operation. They need to furlough back to that (or more, depending on where they end up size wise). Basically another 20% IIRC.