Orbit

I'm glad to this thread is back to ongoing Spirit politics. Would anyone mind if we use 'NKS Hiring' for all hiring questions?

Sailor

Go at it, all here is just stuff that you'll have to live with if you get hire.

But like I told you before, ask a qstn and we will answer to the best of our abilities.

Plane Ramrod

Oh, I love it when you talk in scheduling shorthand, you big sexy man!

captscott26

All for you big guy

BoredwLife

I agree, that was pretty ERAU "Im a pilot" LOL

BoredwLife

Yes please. You come off as a jacka$$. Calling it like it is.

Stay over there. And maybe someone who likes your attitude will answer you.

skybolt

BBB has publicly stated that he will enter a market in order to send our competitor a message. Once the competitor "gets" the message, we will back off.

It may have been a warning shot, if understood - no more shots are necessary. BBB doesn't play the game on the surface; he's three steps ahead and a few fathoms below the surface.

Chperplt

With all due respect, I don't think for a second anyone at AAY is afraid of anything you guys do. Again, no disrespect intended, but you are leaving that route because you are carrying a very low LF.

Most of our people who commute to and from use you guys because they can always get on.

You don't leave profitable routes... Just saying.

Sailor

Like I said, no Moolah!, this company will not spend an extra day thinking if it may turn around.

319wisperer

I fully agree with your first point, I don't think AZA-LAS was a shot at AAY, perse, to send a message. I do think NK saw potential Benjamin's and wanted the route to work but the loads/yields didnt work as such, and now Spirit is Audi 5000, G (out of there in lay terms) between the two cities.

However your second point couldn't be more off. Spirit has pulled out of profitable routes of late, when the aircraft could be used more profitably elsewhere.

When you have leases on planes that are relatively expensive you must do two things: 1) fly the s$@& out of them (14 or so hours a day as NK does) and 2) fly them where they make the most possible money. That often means cutting the good routes to add potentially better routes (you hope)

On the other hand, when you own many of your own oldies but goodies like AAY does, any profit no matter how small is worth chasing because what else is the plane doing while basking for hours in the Nevada sun, getting a tan? May as well put that pig to work.

As a E-speedie Winger I don't think one method is better than the next, just 2 different ways of getting Buck, Marilou and their critters down to Disney for the long weekend, and getting some aviation fools and aviation investors some cash out of the deal.