Originally Posted by StoneQOLdCrazy

Maybe there could be a company-sponsored contest for the most epic brawl on a Spirit flight or at a Spirit gate.

Top 10 submissions get a free bag check on a future Spirit flight!*

*void if you were added to the federal no-fly or banned from the airport list as a result of the brawl.

Originally Posted by Aero1900

I don't think Spirit is going out of business though. They have a lot of cash on hand right now.

Originally Posted by bluespoon

In order to survive, they’re going to have to restructure their costs and they might have to rebrand. The spirit name is synonymous with passenger brawls and a cheap greyhound experience.

Originally Posted by jumppilot

I had a laugh when I saw this video, but it truly speaks to the image problem Spirit Airlines has.

Originally Posted by nene

It's reached pop culture status:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
IZf0bNDWH4s

Even in a SNL video making fun of Alaska Air, they end it with a dig on Spirit!

Originally Posted by Stayontarget

I think your point is part of the problem. People are trying to make it like a legacy traveling experience. It’s not and it’s not intended to be. I don’t care about the bag of pretzels and a coke. I don’t care about the inflight entertainment. I don’t care about the wifi. I don’t care about the seat back charging. I usually don’t care what seat I get. I can read and measure a bag size limit. So for me a ULCC pricing structure is much more preferred.

To me the bigger problem is the psychology of the American ULCC experience right now. It feels like a gotcha on many of the fees. Instead it should start from the moment you purchase a ticket to feel like a game on how much you can save while still spending the money.

“Want a seat?”
”No.”
”BAM you just SAVED $25 each way! If you change your mind later no problem but for now that seat is FREE!….Check that bag instead of carrying it on and SAVE another $5!”

Flying for cheap should feel like winning a contest.

Originally Posted by DrSteveBrule

People like saving money. Legacies are offering economy plus fares cheaper than spirit can offer. That's it. The legacies now offer the spirit model, but with a better network. All goes back to covid. Legacies had to adapt because there was no international travel and no business travel. Until business travel comes back, if it ever does, legacies will crush smaller foes through their size and flexibility.

The merger should have been approved. Legacies offer a better and cheaper bare bone product than spirit. Why is the government putting the burden on a small, failing company to drive prices? That's just crazy.

Originally Posted by CatPilot1

, and Delta pilots pull hand guns on one another. The whole pistol to the head thing would make for a funny skit.

Originally Posted by StoneQOLdCrazy

not sure that's how it happened

Originally Posted by CatPilot1

https://apnews.com/article/pilot-gun...514da3511934bf

ok, so both pilots are ridiculous that a medical turned into a spectacle worthy of….what it’s become. It’s a public legal matter that should be lampooned on SNL.