Kirby was WRONG!
04-22-2026 | 09:10 AM
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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.
04-22-2026 | 09:29 AM
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04-22-2026 | 09:41 AM
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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.
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.
04-22-2026 | 09:52 AM
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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.
04-22-2026 | 09:58 AM
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From: DOWNGRADE COMPLETE: Thanks Gary. Thanks SWAPA.
04-22-2026 | 11:38 AM
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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.
04-22-2026 | 11:42 AM
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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.
04-22-2026 | 02:12 PM
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Kirby has the lawsuit written up already to stop this illegal communist airline funding. Good!
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