Democrats against Spirit-Frontier Merger
03-12-2022, 08:04 PM
#42
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Disagree. There are no serious restraint of trade issues with the Sprontier merger.
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03-13-2022, 04:00 AM
#43
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Completely agree with this. My worry, though, is that logic won’t matter because we are dealing with an administration that makes nonsensical, knee-jerk decisions all the time. They don’t use facts and logic, they use fairy dust and unicorns to make decisions, and then gaslight the public about it when they get called out.
03-13-2022, 07:27 AM
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These economic illiterates don’t understand that raising ticket prices kills the model because we don’t offer the amenities that the more expensive airlines do. Basically, it’s grandstanding by those who couldn’t be bothered to know or care for those who don’t care that they don’t care.
03-13-2022, 08:59 AM
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03-13-2022, 09:52 AM
#48
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I wouldn’t put much stock in any letter written for or against the merger. Most likely the merger will happen because people in high places will be paid to make it happen. That said they aren’t wrong in saying it could make customer service worse, I mean we (and frontier) aren’t exactly known for our customer service, and the fact that we have a lot of overlap isn’t a good thing either, but again pretty sure it will happen as someone will be paid to make it happen.
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03-13-2022, 10:38 AM
#49
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Yes. That was a given. Everyone’s prices are going up due to inflation, oil and labor shortages, but the ULCC’s raising their prices more than the Legacies to close the gap or bring it close kills their model. I’ll try to be clearer in the future.
03-13-2022, 07:51 PM
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