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Old 04-13-2017, 04:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Flyby1206 View Post
Alright F9ers, what's the scoop on JetBlue/Frontier merger? It's been a hot rumor ever since we lost out on VX last year.
It's not going to happen. VX was too much and we are more.
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Old 04-13-2017, 04:20 PM
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They're gonna have a "Beat Down" $ 29 fare sale to celebrate !
Bwahaaaaaa.....
Wait..really?
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Old 04-13-2017, 05:49 PM
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IPO is announced, and the big players get a bit of time to look the situation over. Hiring was going gang busters, with no sight in end. Now we have a complete hiring freeze. Coincidence, I don't think so. Something is in the works. Question is, who, what and when?
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Old 04-13-2017, 07:24 PM
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Here's a thought...JB loses bid for Virgin so they make a play for F9 only to get turned down. Indigo's plan is a win/win situation with the IPO...either generate cash or create a bidding war between two suitors. I don't think Delta wants JB to have F9 and Indigo knows that. Just messing around but it's a fun guess.
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Old 04-13-2017, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by SpankysLadder View Post
Here's a thought...JB loses bid for Virgin so they make a play for F9 only to get turned down. Indigo's plan is a win/win situation with the IPO...either generate cash or create a bidding war between two suitors. I don't think Delta wants JB to have F9 and Indigo knows that. Just messing around but it's a fun guess.
I don't think Delta would give a crap if B6 and F9 merged....barely a blimp on their radar and wouldn't move the needle at all for them one way or another.....

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Old 04-13-2017, 07:59 PM
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I think everyone is reading too much into the hiring/VSA slowdown. This exact same thing happened last year at the same time. The last VSA last year was in Mar and did not resume until Sep I believe and hiring slowed down as well.
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Old 04-13-2017, 11:22 PM
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Originally Posted by phoenix 23684 View Post
I think everyone is reading too much into the hiring/VSA slowdown. This exact same thing happened last year at the same time. The last VSA last year was in Mar and did not resume until Sep I believe and hiring slowed down as well.
The excuse last year was because there was no net aircraft gain, only replacements. This year we were supposed to be +12 in net aircraft and would need continual hiring to cover it.

Something changed.
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Old 04-14-2017, 02:51 AM
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We're all gunna get laid!!!!!
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Old 04-14-2017, 03:43 AM
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Originally Posted by ColdWhiskey View Post
The excuse last year was because there was no net aircraft gain, only replacements. This year we were supposed to be +12 in net aircraft and would need continual hiring to cover it.

Something changed.
We're supposed to be at around 70 acft by the end of the year.
At 8-8.5 crews per that puts us at around 1200 pilots.
We're close to that now.
Someone posted earlier we have around 1150.
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Old 04-14-2017, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Trowserchilli View Post
It's not going to happen. VX was too much and we are more.
Vx was too much for vx.

You guys are a different animal.

Not saying it'll happen or won't. Just different.
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