Originally Posted by redhot

so, we are now in summer season... Spirit has yet to figure out their debt situation. I really am starting to wonder if/when we will hear about them merging. From everything I look at we are the same airline with just a different paint scheme.

1) we offer almost the exact same product
2) both use same software (navblue, flica, ect)
3) we fly the same aircraft
4) from what i've been told our SOP's are pretty similair

The list can continue for a while, but we all get the point.

I'm just a pilot but man, I feel like the cost synergies would be giant if they mergerd... Maybe we could actually get in-house ground personal.

I also think it would allow them to try to pivot the product they currently offer into something that's not known as a Meme to the general public.

Mergers are always messy, but I think it would be as seamless as airline mergers get.


What do you all think? I know this thread hasnt been chatted about in a while...

Originally Posted by APCHCLIMB

y’all should probably worry more about making some money instead of worrying about taking over the world with your failing product.

Originally Posted by ULLI

VP of flight ops at Frontier is saying merger is not even on the Radar, multiple base openings has been a major head ache (go figure).
On that note, even if they are planning on A merger we will be the last to know... As always

Originally Posted by JoeFever1

Curious, can you elaborate on what BL said about major headache? I mean, we all knew it would be but wondering what he said.

Originally Posted by ULLI

I was told that by someone in RGS. I am sure the topic is coming up in every recurrent

Originally Posted by spooldup

SOC on the phone told us the day trips were turning into a bit of a mess and they are throwing stuff and seeing what sticks. *shrug*

Originally Posted by JoeFever1

Of course it's a mess. It's not possible and never will be. But we all already knew that. Shurz knew it. Probably everyone except BB knew it. Hopefully they walk it back before they make things worse.

Originally Posted by av8nallday

Probably a bit of wishful thinking. Talking to MM was told this was something they wanted to do in 2014 but couldn’t justify it with them making money like they were with trying to get an IPO together. Knowing the lack of awareness this management has by the time they decide to walk it back it’ll be a sh!t show. The amount of BS we are putting up with is pathetic. They don’t care about our livelihood, they will close bases as fast as they have opened them if this doesn’t work. We are not Europe, we will never be Europe. The US is too large for this to work effectively. We have already seen that it really isn’t working. But again what do I know I’m just the guy who flys the plane.

Meanwhile we have multiple airlines that are not hiring so the stupidity will continue to get worse because management will believe that we are stuck and don’t have alternatives.

Originally Posted by Stayontarget

https://seekingalpha.com/article/471...-silver-lining

Stolen from the Spirit Forum. He articulates the M/A potential for Spirit better than I did in the other thread.