Jr bases at Spirit
07-08-2023 | 09:03 AM
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Now add all our planes and flying, all the flying JB hasn’t been able to do because of lack of pilots and planes, and also account for the retirement of the 190s. Realistically, no one has any idea what the new JB will look like as far as network and route structure.
07-08-2023 | 02:03 PM
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Now add all our planes and flying, all the flying JB hasn’t been able to do because of lack of pilots and planes, and also account for the retirement of the 190s. Realistically, no one has any idea what the new JB will look like as far as network and route structure.
07-08-2023 | 02:16 PM
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And yeah, if I see the JB seniority in their FL bases, you have plenty to be worried about.
07-08-2023 | 04:37 PM
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Whats the last merger that was date of hire? You’ll be fine.
07-08-2023 | 04:39 PM
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Career expectations are part of the equation. Those hired 10yrs ago at spirit had expectations of being senior. The order book was large and the planes in service were small in numbers at that time.
07-08-2023 | 04:43 PM
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You’d rather work for frontier and this generations Lorenzo for the rest of your career? I know I don’t. Spirit is done. Period. It’s JetBlue or Frontier. I’ll take my chances with JetBlue. JetBlue needs us and we need them like it or not. I for one don’t think the ULCC market in the United States will ever be what it is in Europe. We’ve reached critical mass. We clearly can’t make money as we grow. Full service (read: mixed service) airlines are the ones making the money, along with the pilots.
07-09-2023 | 03:06 AM
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07-09-2023 | 05:47 AM
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Hopefully the JCBA and growth and Europe expansion will all be enough to keep us moving forward. JB's upgrade times as a standalone company were trending down anyway, not up. We're all just along for the ride anyway. We can't control any of this.
07-09-2023 | 05:58 AM
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Not sure what “newer entity” would have to do with any SLI. But if it did, NK is 15 years older than B6. No idea who that would favor. If either.
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