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Originally Posted by Chimpy (Post 4026237)

wrong. Trump to the rescue

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Originally Posted by Stankhunt42 (Post 4026295)

Great now the taxpayer has to dump more money on the fire. What a waste.

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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer (Post 4026301)

****ed my tax dollars are going to go to this

Talk about cart before horse.....

"Nearing deal" and "advanced discussions" mean diddly until they "sign on the line that is dotted."

Blue Horseshoe loves Spirit Aviation.

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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer (Post 4026301)

****ed my tax dollars are going to go to this

more like you’re mad that we aren’t out of business yet. Mad about $500m “of your tax dollars” to help save an airline? Please … maybe you should find ways to reduce your tax bill - so it really sounds like a personal issue.

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Originally Posted by SoFloFlyer (Post 4026301)

****ed my tax dollars are going to go to this

how much tax payers dollars went to 2 years of funding blocking a B6/NK merger? Were you mad about that too? Or was that beneficial to you?

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Originally Posted by mudpie (Post 4026287)

Sun Country is a niche airline with 500 pilots. They're a "hometown" airline in MSP. They're small and know their market and able to quickly pivot in the seasonal vacation market.

Also their labor rate is noticeably less than legacy sized airline.

My family actually flies Allegiant quite a bit even though at times it costs more than a legacy. It allows direct flights to vacation spots out of my non major hub city.

All of that,but mainly it’s because of the Amazon and charter contracts they have (casinos,MLS soccer,military,ladies hockey,college football etc)

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Originally Posted by Lakeaffect (Post 4026317)

how much tax payers dollars went to 2 years of funding blocking a B6/NK merger? Were you mad about that too? Or was that beneficial to you?

I love all of the comments justifying spending tax payers money to let Spirit live a few more months. It’s nothing against the pilots…nobody wants to see people out of work…it’s against the company…the one who managed the airline like garbage and gave millions to executives while laying people off and slashing pay….and now it’s everyone else’s problem? I don’t think so.

Kirby is still wrong and running his mouth has now really now started to annoy very powerful people. It was only a matter of time before his ego got the best of him.

Glad I don’t work for that weirdo.

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Originally Posted by ScrappyCocoa (Post 4026193)

Dude, I would quit the industry before I willingly flew with you.

And I’d rather sell my Miata collection than fly even one leg with you. 😬

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Originally Posted by WHACKMASTER (Post 4026334)

And I’d rather sell my Miata collection than fly even one leg with you. 😬

Geesh......get a room already! You can show him how to properly whack and then do each other!

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Originally Posted by Russs (Post 4026332)

I think 500 million divided out over the tax payers income is like $20-30 each. I’m not justifying it, and I’m certainly not a fan of government getting involved in things of this matter. But they already got involved to block a merger. They said spirit can’t go away because it’s important to the flying public….keeping prices down, etc…complete garbage right, we all agree on that. If Spirit goes away now, it’ll be no different than if they got acquired by B6 and went away 2 years ago, the industry will adapt. I’d just assume they stay out all together, but this is a win for me, so I’m all for it. But if it doesn’t materialize I’ll be fine with that too.