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Old 12-17-2025 | 01:21 PM
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Originally Posted by SnowmanKiller
Well consider who is threatened by a Spirit and JetBlue merger. JetBlue would come out a much bigger and stronger competitor against airlines like United and Delta. Hence the lobbying to have the DOJ prevent the JetBlue acquisition of Spirit. A change of administration doesn't change the dynamic. Any JetBlue attempt to acquire Spirit is a threat to the Big 3 and the government will use the Clayton Act against JetBlue at their behest.

Frontier basically has no money or equity, and will exhaust itself trying to assimilate Spirit, then will be ground down by the other airlines until it liquidates and removes the entire ULCC sector from the industry.

JetBlue will not and cannot acquire Spirit.
United did not lobby to stop the Jetblue Spirit merger. Quite the opposite. Kirby supported it publicly numerous times and rallied against the DOJ and FTC decision to challenge the merger.. Here is one of his quotes at an aviation conference "To say an airline can't combine, to be fifth largest in the world when scale matters, if I was Robin, I'd be spitting mad. That does not seem fair."

https://airlineweekly.skift.com/2023...ce-department/
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Old 12-20-2025 | 01:09 PM
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I’ve talked to many NK pilots that are convinced that the Big 4 were paying people off to deny the merger.
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Old 12-20-2025 | 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by DirkDiggler9999
I’ve talked to many NK pilots that are convinced that the Big 4 were paying people off to deny the merger.
Of course they think that. It has nothing to do with it happening during the most aggressive DOJ/FTC in history attempting to block mergers. It just makes people feel better to claim those evil credit card airlines "paid people off to deny the merger".
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Old 12-21-2025 | 10:47 AM
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Originally Posted by FriendlyPilot
United did not lobby to stop the Jetblue Spirit merger. Quite the opposite. Kirby supported it publicly numerous times and rallied against the DOJ and FTC decision to challenge the merger.. Here is one of his quotes at an aviation conference "To say an airline can't combine, to be fifth largest in the world when scale matters, if I was Robin, I'd be spitting mad. That does not seem fair."

https://airlineweekly.skift.com/2023...ce-department/
Kirby speaks out of both sides of his mouth, the guy is about as honest as a mafia boss.
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Old 12-22-2025 | 01:41 AM
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Originally Posted by DirkDiggler9999
I’ve talked to many NK pilots that are convinced that the Big 4 were paying people off to deny the merger.
What would pilots know about that? Aside from flying planes, we’re usually the least qualified people in the room.

I fly with guys who think the Apollo missions were faked and the nazis built a military base under the Antarctic ice.
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Old 12-22-2025 | 08:31 AM
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Originally Posted by 100 Above
What would pilots know about that? Aside from flying planes, we’re usually the least qualified people in the room.

I fly with guys who think the Apollo missions were faked and the nazis built a military base under the Antarctic ice.
tell me more about this nazi Antarctic military base please
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Old 12-22-2025 | 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by 100 Above
I fly with guys who think the Apollo missions were faked and the nazis built a military base under the Antarctic ice.
My bestie is a former Atlas pilot. He’d tell everyone the earth was flat. In the meantime, on his two week trips, he would literally go around the world, crossing every timezone, east and west.

I think he was joking. But, some days I’m not really sure.

yeah. Pilots are stupid.
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Old 12-25-2025 | 07:23 AM
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Originally Posted by Alexander12
tell me more about this nazi Antarctic military base please
Originally Posted by 100 Above
What would pilots know about that? Aside from flying planes, we’re usually the least qualified people in the room.

I fly with guys who think the Apollo missions were faked and the nazis built a military base under the Antarctic ice.
Well that's just silly.
Everyone knows the base under Antarctica is where the Stargate that was placed here by aliens is.
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