Spirit curbs growth plans
10-27-2017, 12:33 PM
#21
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No different than AirTran in 2006-2008. Any of us looking for work during that time knew the difference between the two places. On one hand, there was a profitable LCC that was a decent operation (but with crappy pay) but had seen it's phenomenal growth slow. Or, you could roll the dice with a tiny LCC (with similarly crappy pay) that was losing money but had investors who wanted to throw airplanes at it. The tiny, clueless LCC with deep-pocketed investors called first for many of us.
Did the masses really expect the 20-25% YoY growth to continue adfinitem?
Also, anyone know what happened to that profitable LCC when the growth slowed and they got big enough to step on a few toes?
Did the masses really expect the 20-25% YoY growth to continue adfinitem?
Also, anyone know what happened to that profitable LCC when the growth slowed and they got big enough to step on a few toes?
10-30-2017, 08:30 AM
#25
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Apparently you have a hard time remaining on topic. The ins/outs of their SLI are not the point of the thread nor of my post. I simply pointed out that the explosive growth rate was bound to be curbed sooner or later, as it has for everyone. We look like AirTran, just a decade later. Always have. And we'll probably meet the same fate eventually, especially if Wall Street gets their way.
10-30-2017, 01:55 PM
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10-31-2017, 07:35 AM
#28
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Growth to an analyst vs pilot means different things. Capacity growth or ASM growth can be dialed up/down by changing type of aircraft taken/returned to lessors, changing schedule frequency, and other factors.
11-03-2017, 05:08 PM
#29
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All our growth after 2018 are 320 NEOs only. How well have the NEOs been so far? Unless they get the engine issues fixed. I’ll bet 165 planes becomes 130.
11-03-2017, 10:25 PM
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