WSJ has called it
05-01-2026 | 07:34 AM
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This is the WSJ, not www.aviationclickbaitblog.ru
They don't do sensationalism or clickbait, they use reliable sources, and they don't go off half-cocked. The subscription fee is $500/year and it's worth it.
They don't do sensationalism or clickbait, they use reliable sources, and they don't go off half-cocked. The subscription fee is $500/year and it's worth it.
save $500 by using burner email addresses FTW
05-01-2026 | 07:40 AM
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If WSJ said it, unfortunately I'd say it's game over.
I doubt even the Spirit management knows yet what the exact timeline will be. They will look at where their planes are and where they need to be flown, what their air traffic liability is to maximize intake from CC processors for completed flights, they will coordinate timed comms with the unions so they all announce it around the same time, it's a 4D puzzle to come up with a plan and more often than not, the plan is announced with hours or sometimes a few days notice.
05-01-2026 | 07:48 AM
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This is the WSJ, not www.aviationclickbaitblog.ru
They don't do sensationalism or clickbait, they use reliable sources, and they don't go off half-cocked. The subscription fee is $500/year and it's worth it.
They don't do sensationalism or clickbait, they use reliable sources, and they don't go off half-cocked. The subscription fee is $500/year and it's worth it.
05-01-2026 | 07:49 AM
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The amount of people with blinders on, still, it’s amazing. Some of you continue to yell at the windmills…crazy.
To those who are not fully in denial: please hit up your internals today and ask them to submit internal recs at other airlines, not just a LOR to be attached. At AA we can submit an internal rec that will be matched to the application on file. Sorry guys.
To those who are not fully in denial: please hit up your internals today and ask them to submit internal recs at other airlines, not just a LOR to be attached. At AA we can submit an internal rec that will be matched to the application on file. Sorry guys.
05-01-2026 | 07:51 AM
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They said their source in the article. People familiar with the matter. WSJ vets them so they know they actually are familiar. Obviously they won't be named.
If WSJ said it, unfortunately I'd say it's game over.
I doubt even the Spirit management knows yet what the exact timeline will be. They will look at where their planes are and where they need to be flown, what their air traffic liability is to maximize intake from CC processors for completed flights, they will coordinate timed comms with the unions so they all announce it around the same time, it's a 4D puzzle to come up with a plan and more often than not, the plan is announced with hours or sometimes a few days notice.
If WSJ said it, unfortunately I'd say it's game over.
I doubt even the Spirit management knows yet what the exact timeline will be. They will look at where their planes are and where they need to be flown, what their air traffic liability is to maximize intake from CC processors for completed flights, they will coordinate timed comms with the unions so they all announce it around the same time, it's a 4D puzzle to come up with a plan and more often than not, the plan is announced with hours or sometimes a few days notice.
Been on the end of one of those. Wound up getting jacked for a month's pay, and I had to rent a car to get home.
I'll keep the employees in my thoughts.
05-01-2026 | 07:57 AM
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Unfortunately, once that decision is made, they pivot from management to trustee, and the only goal is to secure assets. That leads to abrupt operational decisions that are rarely good for those caught in the middle. Doors are locked, accounts are closed, IDs "turned off", aircraft are secured.
Been on the end of one of those. Wound up getting jacked for a month's pay, and I had to rent a car to get home.
I'll keep the employees in my thoughts.
Been on the end of one of those. Wound up getting jacked for a month's pay, and I had to rent a car to get home.
I'll keep the employees in my thoughts.
05-01-2026 | 07:58 AM
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Has NK Mgmt put out a statement or are they being as worthless as usual? Pretty pathetic this is Being reported and nothing from mgmt. NK Pilots as professional as they are, can't be in the right headspace operating an Airbus while shortly after reading this article.
05-01-2026 | 07:58 AM
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I'd rather do that than rely on all of free garbage outlets with baked-in agendas. Also too lazy to jump through my digital arse every morning to access free article views.
Newsnation is OK as a wire service aggregator, but being free they do lean into some of the clickbait like UFO's and random missing persons. This morning is coed murders and Chandra Levy somehow linked to UFO's
Reuters is OK too, but they seem to have gone back and forth on subs requirements.
Newsnation is OK as a wire service aggregator, but being free they do lean into some of the clickbait like UFO's and random missing persons. This morning is coed murders and Chandra Levy somehow linked to UFO's
Reuters is OK too, but they seem to have gone back and forth on subs requirements.
05-01-2026 | 07:59 AM
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Unfortunately, once that decision is made, they pivot from management to trustee, and the only goal is to secure assets. That leads to abrupt operational decisions that are rarely good for those caught in the middle. Doors are locked, accounts are closed, IDs "turned off", aircraft are secured.
Been on the end of one of those. Wound up getting jacked for a month's pay, and I had to rent a car to get home.
I'll keep the employees in my thoughts.
Been on the end of one of those. Wound up getting jacked for a month's pay, and I had to rent a car to get home.
I'll keep the employees in my thoughts.
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