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01-06-2026 | 11:30 AM

#101

FriendlyPilot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by bluespoon

Was he wrong or not?

Without the $475M in DIP financing they would have shut down already. So absent intervention he was right. But obviously with the intervention they are still operating on borrowed DIP funds that are quickly running out.

01-06-2026 | 12:00 PM

#102

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Originally Posted by SterileMan

reported for being wrong all the time

What specifically is wrong about what I said? That Spirit had to take DIP financing to keep operating? The DIP is literally the only thing that kept Spirit from shutting down already.

01-06-2026 | 03:11 PM

#103

FangsF15

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SterileMan

No, only the assistant manager Fangs 15. Still waiting to hear back from Rick.

Well, if you did, you are doing it wrong…. Nothing was reported. And since you did report one on 12/30, I know you know how.

Seriously, can everyone take a step back with the petty poo-flinging, please

01-06-2026 | 03:13 PM

#104

JulesWinfield

Gets Weekends Off

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Quote:

Originally Posted by FangsF15

Well, if you did, you are doing it wrong…. Nothing was reported.

Seriously, can everyone take a step back with the petty poo-flinging, please

Maybe start banning the multiple meme accounts launched in the last month.

01-06-2026 | 03:15 PM

#105

FangsF15

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Originally Posted by JulesWinfield

Maybe start banning the multiple meme accounts launched in the last month.

Maybe start reporting them, and I’ll take a look.

01-07-2026 | 04:09 AM

#106

Stankhunt42

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Joined: Jun 2019

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Quote:

Originally Posted by SterileMan

67(yes the meme) is gonna hurt some folks that thought they were smarter than the airline game.

You make no sense….. 67 don’t matter the baseline here is inevitable unemployment at NK. At the very worst a furlough happens at legacies. You come back after a few years. Sucks but at least you have a job to come back to. Also no one thought they were “smarter” it’s called paying your bills and feeding your family.

still better than unemployment at NK

Last edited by Stankhunt42; 01-07-2026 at 04:31 AM.

01-07-2026 | 05:16 PM

#107

LNAVVNAVPATH

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Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCalmCaptain

In just a few hours it will be 2026 and I’m proud to announce, Kirby was wrong! We are still here and more resilient and determined than ever. Kirby tried everything to put us out of business from mirroring our à la cart business model, undercutting prices on our routes, obsessively bad mouthing us, failed attempt to purchase targeted assets and last but not least teaming up with JetBlue to drive our FLL yields down. Well, we’re still here!

I’m so proud of this “down with the ship” pilot group. 2026 is going to be a great year for us!

Below is the list of the relentless “Spirit is liquidating by the end of 2025” cheerleaders.

Sorry guys, you were wrong.

Noisecaceller
SSlow
Flyokish
Name user
Friendly pilot
Nry8
Busboi
StoneQOLdcrazy
LNAVVNAVPATH
DIRKDIGGLER9999
GPULLRSHRSAILPLANES
CINCODEMAYO
Fettywap
Putzin
FW90
Halon1211
Washout
Symbian simian
Jules Winfield
Bluejuice01
Washout
Bluespoon
BoeingBrat
TAFsMATTER
PowderKeg
Checkgear
flier320
Jac3d

Dumbest Post Ever……..we are like a section 8 family that was able to survive a few more months because we found one final credit card at the back of our fake Coach Purse that didn’t have a balance on it so now we can keep living our best lives for another 90 days until that one is maxed out and we are out of options again.

No one is buying us.

No investor is saving us.

Look at the meltdown we just had the past few weeks, COO begging people to come work on their days off while we have 850+ on furlough.
Attrition is going to rapidly accelerate the next 30, 60, and 90 days. We just entered the beginning of a death spiral.

If our liquidity crisis doesn’t bury us, our staffing problems will.

It’s over. It won’t be long before all of us will be called upon to work that final “Back to Base” repo trip before we shut the f$ck down.

01-07-2026 | 08:43 PM

#108

ReadOnly7

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Joined: Dec 2019

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Management is never going to allow you to know the truth. Most likely you will work your last leg at Spirit and not even know it was going to be your last leg. Because if you DID know it….you’d disrupt it somehow.

01-08-2026 | 10:31 AM

#109

Ed Force One

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From: A320 CA

Yup. I fully expect to land on the opposite side of the country to a voicemail saying my ID badge is no longer valid and I need to purchase my own ticket home.

01-08-2026 | 01:54 PM

#110

hoover

At your mom's house

Joined: Jun 2008

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From: cpt 737

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ed Force One

Yup. I fully expect to land on the opposite side of the country to a voicemail saying my ID badge is no longer valid and I need to purchase my own ticket home.

ugh I hope not, but if you do, you'll all have a ride home on SW.