I'd be surprised to see you get anything where there isn't much overlap but could see you bidding on, maybe getting more in places like FLL and LAS. LGA is happening because JBLU is heavily invested in the NYC area.

Just a WAG of course.

Spirit stock is trading at nearly half of the price Jetblue has committed to pay for it at merger closing. Wall St doesn’t think it will go through either.

Exactly. Everyone that I talk to with decades of experience in the industry do not think it will go through as well.
As far as LGA is concerned I will agree that the "flying" part of flying into LGA is definitely fun. Sitting 20 deep on a ground stop or racing to beat the curfew because we run chronically late is not fun. You might make more money from those debacles but sitting in a plane full of very unhappy people is not the way I would chose to spend my time, if I could....

The LGA news is dependent on the following

Merger occurs. It still hasn't. Biden administration has said "no" so far

The giving away of slots and gates will be subject to approval of the port Authority of New York and New Jersey, as well as the United States (US) Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT).

Note that the states of NY, NJ, amongst others, also oppose the JetBlue / Spirit merger and have filed legislation to that effect. Not sure how the Port Authority above can "approve" this if their state has lawsuits filed.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-r...ce-For-99.html

That last video from BB in Cleveland seemed different. This is just my guess but I think somebody like Buttigieg has told Barry you had better start doing a better job of running your airline. Something like, “ You’re too late, too often, and too many complaints. Fix it or be fined.” Either that or management realized they have reached the limit of how many people you can **** off and yet continue to sell tickets and thus grow. Now we are seeing a return of the phone call option, deals to get away from “nickle and diming,” an avenue to report shady gate agents abusing policy, and a major push to improve performance all within week.

On another note, good lord those performance # are bad!

I was thinking the same thing. It is noteworthy that we have performance #s to look at at all.

It’s like a light bulb just clicked on…

Aero...If you are truly bored with normal flight operations, it could be time for you to reassess your role as a professional airline pilot. It sounds like complacency setting in. Our duties as pilots at Frontier airlines are probably more demanding in regards to the disfunction of normal flight operations at our airline than most others. We lack management support and the respect this pilot group deserves. We continue to save the day, every day as we have done for the 16+ years I have been here. It is our culture and always has been at this airline to keep the wheels moving. If we didn’t do this, our airline would depart the tracks pretty quickly.. You have been here long enough to know all this.
There are better ways to make additional flight credit than to sit on the ground with ATC delays and unruly passengers. ATC today is probably our greatest threat to safety. Please don’t take this feedback in the wrong way. Just an observation that got my attention from more post. The daily, if not, almost every flight challenges we deal with at this airline is all the the “little” challenges I care to deal with.
With all due respect and unity,
F9 pilot

Which is exactly why we should be getting paid more than our peers. Same aircraft, more people we are responsible for with less support. 1 + 1 = 3

UHHHHHHHHHHUUUUUGGGG...... ygbfkm.

Serious question here folks. The metrics show exactly how poorly this airline is run. Now I understand the importance of turning a profit. Turning a profit is at the top of the chain if not the most important part of the business. However, how does someone like BL still have a job when you look at the metrics? What exactly is it that he does? I think this management team has run its course. They are not capable of running an airline of this size. The metrics is the proof in the pudding. So when are we gonna see some accountability for poor job performance in other areas than just money? Are we dealing with the good ol boy system here? I assure you there is executives out there that can make money and run a timely airline at the same time.
Thoughts?