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Old 08-26-2025 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Stayontarget
This makes me picture Barry dressed as the hamburgler from McDonalds.
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Old 08-28-2025 | 04:22 PM
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https://www.reuters.com/business/fro...ws-2025-08-28/

Confirmed what we already knew. People met. Everything else is speculation.
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Old 08-28-2025 | 05:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Stayontarget
https://www.reuters.com/business/fro...ws-2025-08-28/

Confirmed what we already knew. People met. Everything else is speculation.
I really don't think buying Spirit makes sense, but this is what Franke does best.

He rescues failing businesses
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Old 08-29-2025 | 03:38 AM
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Originally Posted by Aero1900
I really don't think buying Spirit makes sense, but this is what Franke does best.

He rescues failing businesses
“Rescue” isn’t the word I imagine when I speculate what went down. Spirit isn’t his to rescue…if I were him I would only be looking to improve my own portfolio.
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Old 08-29-2025 | 04:55 AM
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Originally Posted by Powderkeg
“Rescue” isn’t the word I imagine when I speculate what went down. Spirit isn’t his to rescue…if I were him I would only be looking to improve my own portfolio.
Yeah, that's probably fair.

I really don't know what he was "offering" them, but he is best known for taking broken businesses and trying to fix them. His role in Spirit right now i can't really imagine
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Old 08-29-2025 | 06:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Aero1900
Yeah, that's probably fair.

I really don't know what he was "offering" them, but he is best known for taking broken businesses and trying to fix them. His role in Spirit right now i can't really imagine
Its like that show fixer upper. He must be making money somewhere with frontier otherwise he would have fired BB a long time ago.
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Old 08-29-2025 | 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by madmax757
Its like that show fixer upper. He must be making money somewhere with frontier otherwise he would have fired BB a long time ago.
I assume there is cash from the sale lease backs that goes to Indigo.

It was their aircraft order after all
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Old 08-29-2025 | 07:54 AM
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About the ONLY positive to merge/buy/whatever NK is gate space. That's it. Everything else (planes, labor, namesake, etc.) are a negative.
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Old 08-29-2025 | 09:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Aero1900
I really don't think buying Spirit makes sense, but this is what Franke does best.

He rescues failing businesses
Why rescue Spirit just to have them compete with Frontier?
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Old 08-29-2025 | 09:48 AM
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Originally Posted by shrsailplanes
Why rescue Spirit just to have them compete with Frontier?
My guess is Frankie making deals with bond holders after liquidation. Hate to say it, but there is no saving NK. Hoping for the best outcome, but it’s not looking to good.
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