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Old 01-16-2024 | 03:18 PM
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If the ULCC model fails and is no longer profitable, does the government get to bail Frontier and Spirit out?
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Old 01-16-2024 | 03:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Tranquility
So surely the government will now subsidize routes that are not profitable to Spirit, since those passengers need to be protected.... right???
Exactly! Spirit will become EBT UrrrLinzzz (Every Body Travels).
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Old 01-16-2024 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by goshawk
Did they question a single Spirit customer in this whole fiasco?
Is this a serious question? LOL
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Old 01-16-2024 | 05:06 PM
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I bet Spirit starts merger discussions with Greyhound next. Plenty of potential "synergies" according to the Harvard-trained Investment Bankers....
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Old 01-16-2024 | 05:18 PM
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Originally Posted by David Puddy
I bet Spirit starts merger discussions with Greyhound next. Plenty of potential "synergies" according to the Harvard-trained Investment Bankers....
Walmart has a flight department.
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Old 01-16-2024 | 05:23 PM
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People need to realize the only winners in airline mergers are:
  1. Shareholders
  2. Pilots trapped in seniority-based systems at mediocre airlines
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Old 01-16-2024 | 06:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Waffle
People need to realize the only winners in airline mergers are:
  1. Shareholders
  2. Pilots trapped in seniority-based systems at mediocre airlines
I fail to see the problem.
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Old 01-16-2024 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by FAR121
Well JetBlue did it to themselves when they sent a document to the court which was a PowerPoint that literally said IF WE GET SPIRIT WE WILL RAISE FARES.
I’ll take “Things that never happened for $100, Alex.”
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Old 01-17-2024 | 04:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Waffle
People need to realize the only winners in airline mergers are:
  1. Shareholders
  2. Pilots trapped in seniority-based systems at mediocre airlines

What if you fall into both categories, Double culture and then triple down on that?
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Old 01-17-2024 | 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluediver
What if you fall into both categories, Double culture and then triple down on that?
i believe that is doubling down on culture squared. They be adding superscripts to this shizzle.
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