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03-05-2024 | 01:42 PM
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Moving forward. Frontier comes back to buy us but this time with a lowball offer as compared to before. We are desperate and they know that nobody else can really touch us. (Unless maybe allegiant wants to get into a bidding war.)
since we are both ULCC’s airlines, the DOJ can’t say crap this time. Merger is approved both airlines become one.
maybe now that we’re not competing with each other we can get some quality of life and pay improvement out of it? both Spirit and Frontier pilot groups will prosper.
what do you guys think?
since we are both ULCC’s airlines, the DOJ can’t say crap this time. Merger is approved both airlines become one.
maybe now that we’re not competing with each other we can get some quality of life and pay improvement out of it? both Spirit and Frontier pilot groups will prosper.
what do you guys think?
03-06-2024 | 01:40 PM
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03-06-2024 | 05:37 PM
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Please... Negotiations would drag 3 years and we'd end up with our current rates plus 1%. (exactly what Frontier got last round)
03-06-2024 | 07:16 PM
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https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-06/spirit-creditors-plot-triple-dip-strategy-as-carrier-sputters?sref=P6Q0mxvj
(yes, it’s a paywall) but you can read the first sentence and figure out what’s going on.
03-07-2024 | 01:48 AM
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Frontier/Spirit would be approved, and Alaska/Hawaiian will be approved. In those cases two similar airlines are merging to better compete with the Big 4 and keep prices down,
JetBlue’s goal was to shut down an ULCC, remove that completion, and pilfer their planes and employees to grow quickly. That would have raised prices for consumers, and as a result the DOJ sued and the judge ruled in their favor. Two very different scenarios.
For most of our lifetimes there were 6+ true large carriers. I think that’s where the industry is heading again. Alaska/Hawaiian will be the first brick to fall. We will see if Frontier/Spirit becomes a reality, or if something else is cooked up.
JetBlue’s goal was to shut down an ULCC, remove that completion, and pilfer their planes and employees to grow quickly. That would have raised prices for consumers, and as a result the DOJ sued and the judge ruled in their favor. Two very different scenarios.
For most of our lifetimes there were 6+ true large carriers. I think that’s where the industry is heading again. Alaska/Hawaiian will be the first brick to fall. We will see if Frontier/Spirit becomes a reality, or if something else is cooked up.
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