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Old 04-23-2022, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by HELLAS
Thanks. Turned down at least 2 million dollars because those carriers required the Vaccine. And guess what, if a future employer requires it I will change career. Cheers
Fixed it for ya.

This has nothing to do with being woke, but nice try. If proving your loyalty to (I don't even know what after all these years) means you turn down millions of potential doll... you know what... Never mind... This guy is a role model and we should all be so awesome.

I'll try not to be so retarded next time.
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Old 04-24-2022, 03:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Ed Force One
Fixed it for ya.

This has nothing to do with being woke, but nice try. If proving your loyalty to (I don't even know what after all these years) means you turn down millions of potential doll... you know what... Never mind... This guy is a role model and we should all be so awesome.

I'll try not to be so retarded next time.
He/She is going to fit in fine at B6. 60% of our group just voted down millions..
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Old 04-24-2022, 05:10 AM
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Originally Posted by HELLAS
Thanks. Turned down $2 million dollars because those carriers required the Vaccine. And guess what, if a future employer requires it I will change career. Cheers
Just curious, but can you articulate why avoiding this particular vaccine is worth millions of dollars to you?
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Old 04-24-2022, 06:37 AM
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Purely conjecture of course, but which NK domiciles do you see B6 absorbing & which do you think will be done away with?
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Old 04-24-2022, 06:53 AM
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Just curious, but can you articulate why avoiding this particular vaccine is worth millions of dollars to you?
Dude is trolling. And not even all that well really. Too over the top in order to elicit responses. I mean even Bandwagon on BPs isn't this obvious.

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Old 04-24-2022, 06:54 AM
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Originally Posted by SeriousShirley
Purely conjecture of course, but which NK domiciles do you see B6 absorbing & which do you think will be done away with?
Acy and Dtw gone. The rest stay in some shape
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Old 04-24-2022, 06:55 AM
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Acy and Dtw gone. The rest stay in some shape
Shut your mouth. I'm counting on DTW staying.
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Old 04-24-2022, 07:20 AM
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Purely conjecture of course, but which NK domiciles do you see B6 absorbing & which do you think will be done away with?

B6 has stated they want to expand westwards with this purchase. If NK is bought, JetBlue will look like a completely different company at least network wise. This purchase is not about killing a competitor but having a more comprehensive network overnight and ready to go. There’s a good chance B6 will keep all or almost all the bases and add some others specially as the A220 starts growing and its potential is developed.

LAX will become big base. Spirit does particularly well in LAX in all markets including mid-continent. LAS has the potential to keep growing not only domestically but international. There you have 2 big WC bases. MCO has been good to NK. The international side of MCO was growing quickly until Covid hit. It’s coming back and there’re plenty of opportunities there.
NK just announced a maintenance hangar at IAH. It’s been rumored as a base for a while now and I still believe it will happen sooner than later. It’s a huge market and NK has been building a pretty interesting network out of IAH, including some international flights.

Spirit is trying to shrink ORD and DTW. After the merger I can see JetBlue pounding on ORD and maybe steering away from DTW. They’re 2 different markets.

ACY’s future for sure would be uncertain with this merger. If you ask me it has less than 50% chance of surviving, but who knows.

BWI was growing at a fast pace right up until Covid. It’s still a very friendly airport cost and space-wise. The new B6 could charge on SW there.

DFW’s future is uncertain. IAH has grown bigger and DFW has remained stagnant. AA has been blocking us so who knows what B6 would do.

It’s hard to tell how the new B6 would look like. Some costumers would be lost and some others will be gained.
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Old 04-24-2022, 07:58 AM
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Considering the amount of diversions we did to ACY last summer they ought to keep that one open as well.
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Originally Posted by BunkerF16
Shut your mouth. I'm counting on DTW staying.
I think you're safe.... DTW has a huge MX hangar and presence. Lots of gates and senior pilots. Being that JB doesn't really have a Midwest presence I'm betting on DFW and DTW to be safe.
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