...."Spirit is challenged by many things, including critical mass, and legacy cost structure".....

-excerpt from a letter sent to Spirit employees by the VP Flight Operations on 6/6/08

1. Critical Mass. No Idea what that means. Don't care either.

2. Legacy Cost Structure. [I wouldn't consider NK as having exactly a super high employee overhead.] Hmmm. I think I see where this is going. I guess a 401k match and more than minimum wage are too much to ask for in this "new and challenging landscape of $130+ oil".

-Don't give in guys and gals (at all airlines) It is not up to us to subsidize the insatiable appetite of the traveling public for cheap transportation. Nor is it our duty to reward and subsidize airline executives with less than stellar resumes'