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1 posted on 05/02/2026 2:02:53 PM PDT by Beowulf9
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Ground the planes in parking lots. Rent them to Spirit Halloween.


2 posted on 05/02/2026 2:04:23 PM PDT by Fledermaus ("It turns out all we really needed was a new President!")
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3 posted on 05/02/2026 2:04:48 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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“and a brutal jet-fuel price shock that derailed its efforts to emerge from bankruptcy this summer”

BS, Airlines use futures contracts, along with options and swaps, to hedge against volatile fuel prices by locking in a set price for future consumption.

So this is propaganda to point the finger in part at Trump, or Spirit deserves to be no more for not hedging there fuel contracts.


4 posted on 05/02/2026 2:07:58 PM PDT by DAC21
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There goes the Detroit to Las Vegas run!


5 posted on 05/02/2026 2:08:30 PM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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Frank Pierce: The street’s not like the ER. There’s no walls, no controls. To make up for that, they try to teach me how to act without thinking - like a soldier who can take apart and reassemble a gun blindfolded... I realized that my training was useful in less than ten percent of the calls and saving someone’s life was rarer than that. After a while, I grew to understand that my role was less about saving lives than about bearing witness. I was a grief mop. It was enough that I simply showed up.


6 posted on 05/02/2026 2:10:28 PM PDT by kawhill (Dywedwch Wrthbym because + Add translation Welsh-English dictionary 'Tell Us')
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Since they cancelled our flight with no notice, stranding everyone at the departure airport —- about all I can say is “good riddance to bad rubbish!”


8 posted on 05/02/2026 2:13:56 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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So long, old friend. You were a great source of YT videos!


9 posted on 05/02/2026 2:19:17 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt (Fascist, deplorable, and proud of it!)
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They may be gone, but they’re here in spirit.


10 posted on 05/02/2026 2:21:42 PM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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More:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/4377334/posts

✈🛬


11 posted on 05/02/2026 2:22:32 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? On hold! Enlisted USN 1967 proudly. 🚫💉! 🇮🇱🙏! Winning currently!)
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They charged me $60 for a carryon that was smaller than the maximum size. I’ve been waiting for this day for years, and it’s finally arrived.


12 posted on 05/02/2026 2:25:28 PM PDT by Kleon
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[Spirit Airlines ‘Bites The Dust’ as All Flights Canceled]

There’s a suitcase 🧳🧳
poking me in the ribs

There’s an elbow
in my ear

Hey, he’s gonna sit by you!


16 posted on 05/02/2026 2:47:14 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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Piss poor management, it’s that simple.


18 posted on 05/02/2026 2:53:43 PM PDT by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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This airline was in trouble for YEARS even going back to the Biden era, they refused to allow a merger between Spirit and Jet Blue which would have solved their problem


19 posted on 05/02/2026 2:54:11 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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Before anyone cheers, remember the "Katrina Effect" and what happened to cities like Houston when they had to take in all the Hurricane Katrina refugees.

Spirit's customer base still needs to fly and they're going to find some other airline.

20 posted on 05/02/2026 2:57:34 PM PDT by Drew68
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I wasn’t Delta, but I did appreciate a low price “puddle jumper”


23 posted on 05/02/2026 3:06:58 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the Change You Filthy Animal !)
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No matter how bad Spirit was, it pales in comparison to Ryanair.

Smart customers would purchase specially made clothing that could be stuffed with items that would otherwise make the carry-on luggage either too heavy or too large.

I'd rather walk across the English Channel or Irish Sea than take a Ryanair flight.

24 posted on 05/02/2026 3:09:19 PM PDT by Lovely-Day-For-A-Guinness (Jesus rides beside me, He never buys any smokes)
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What airline will the ghetto species infest next?


28 posted on 05/02/2026 3:54:45 PM PDT by doorgunner69
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It won’t be missed.


29 posted on 05/02/2026 3:58:37 PM PDT by Dr. Franklin ("A republic, if you can keep it." )
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And a lot of pilots and crews and ground people and all others out of work.


32 posted on 05/02/2026 4:47:11 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Am Yisrael Chai ~)
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Senator Liawatha saved us from this:

https://x.com/BreannaMorello/status/2050592182000636199


36 posted on 05/02/2026 4:57:36 PM PDT by Salvavida
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