Originally Posted by
SnowmanKiller
Frontier will take the planes but not the pilots. Essentially Frontier will continue its hiring spree of pilots while adding Spirit planes to the operation as quick as they can repaint them. Spirit will be wound down and shutdown at a rate that keeps yellow planes flying while waiting for integration into Frontier. Spirit's CBA, even with the paycuts, needs to be destroyed to keep Frontier a viable business.
Essentially, Frontier will be like a SkyWest but with A321s. Low pay and low benefits.
Pretty sure most of the planes are encumbered, so that isn't really possible.