Kirby was WRONG!
04-21-2026 | 11:41 AM
#402
At your mom's house
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From: cpt 737
04-21-2026 | 01:39 PM
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On Reserve
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04-21-2026 | 01:45 PM
#404
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From: ERJ CA
Looks like the writing is on the wall.
04-21-2026 | 02:24 PM
#405
That/It/Thang
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"What would someone buy?" Duffy asked. "If no one else wants to buy them, why would we buy them?
"By the way if you do do *Spirit, who comes next? Who is the third?"
He added: "I care about the employees at Spirit... We also have to be good stewards of the tax dollar. We can't make dumb investments, we can't put taxpayer money that is going to be lost or just forestall the inevitable."
"If Spirit goes away, it's better for JetBlue," Duffy said. "If we bail out Spirit, I can't imagine that JetBlue would love that."
He is correct on all points. Does it suck, yup. But spending tax dollars to bail out an airline that cant show any direction to correct course is such waste.
04-21-2026 | 05:27 PM
#406
Gets Weekends Off
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"What would someone buy?" Duffy asked. "If no one else wants to buy them, why would we buy them?
"By the way if you do do *Spirit, who comes next? Who is the third?"
He added: "I care about the employees at Spirit... We also have to be good stewards of the tax dollar. We can't make dumb investments, we can't put taxpayer money that is going to be lost or just forestall the inevitable."
"If Spirit goes away, it's better for JetBlue," Duffy said. "If we bail out Spirit, I can't imagine that JetBlue would love that."
He is correct on all points. Does it suck, yup. But spending tax dollars to bail out an airline that cant show any direction to correct course is such waste.
"By the way if you do do *Spirit, who comes next? Who is the third?"
He added: "I care about the employees at Spirit... We also have to be good stewards of the tax dollar. We can't make dumb investments, we can't put taxpayer money that is going to be lost or just forestall the inevitable."
"If Spirit goes away, it's better for JetBlue," Duffy said. "If we bail out Spirit, I can't imagine that JetBlue would love that."
He is correct on all points. Does it suck, yup. But spending tax dollars to bail out an airline that cant show any direction to correct course is such waste.
04-21-2026 | 05:48 PM
#407
On Reserve
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04-21-2026 | 06:39 PM
#408
On Reserve
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"What would someone buy?" Duffy asked. "If no one else wants to buy them, why would we buy them?
"By the way if you do do *Spirit, who comes next? Who is the third?"
He added: "I care about the employees at Spirit... We also have to be good stewards of the tax dollar. We can't make dumb investments, we can't put taxpayer money that is going to be lost or just forestall the inevitable."
"If Spirit goes away, it's better for JetBlue," Duffy said. "If we bail out Spirit, I can't imagine that JetBlue would love that."
He is correct on all points. Does it suck, yup. But spending tax dollars to bail out an airline that cant show any direction to correct course is such waste.
"By the way if you do do *Spirit, who comes next? Who is the third?"
He added: "I care about the employees at Spirit... We also have to be good stewards of the tax dollar. We can't make dumb investments, we can't put taxpayer money that is going to be lost or just forestall the inevitable."
"If Spirit goes away, it's better for JetBlue," Duffy said. "If we bail out Spirit, I can't imagine that JetBlue would love that."
He is correct on all points. Does it suck, yup. But spending tax dollars to bail out an airline that cant show any direction to correct course is such waste.
04-21-2026 | 08:59 PM
#409
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From: Bus Driver
Don't forget, U.S. commercial aviation is the least free market, most regulated industry in this country. Government involvement isn't uncommon.
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