Spirit back in chapter 11

Cherokee_Cruiser said:
The only thing Spirit can control… the automated bag machine that sends your bags off. Zero human contact . It’s how terminal 5 was set up. Scan your DL, barcode for boarding pass, throw bag on belt, scans, and takes it away. And then you walk away. We wasted over one hour for a manual person checkin just for the bag drop. A bag drop should be a true bag drop. We are already checked in. Just need to get the bag onto the belt.


And man they were strict on the 60 minute cutoff for bag checkin at LAX. Turned plenty of EWR redeye folks away for showing up less than 60 minutes (most ran and were there 50-60 minutes before). They were all screwed. Rules are rules, but I still felt bad for them. It’s like, these people are literally keeping your door open. Take the bag, throw it on the belt, and tell them to run for security and the gate. Best case, bag makes it. Worse case, it gets rerouted and arrives later that same day.
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100% agree on some of the customer service pitfalls. That's part of the problem when almost every forward-facing "employee" is actually a subcontractor and their performance metrics don't necessarily align with what's best for the operation as a whole. Just the other day in MCO a woman on my flight forgot an item up at the gate. We were already a few minutes late and the gate wouldn't let her off the jet to go look around saying she'd be deplaned if she got off the jet. Well I went to the back of the jet and asked her what she forgot and where it might've been left and I went up to the boarding area to get said item. Told the gate agent we were already late and we're in the business of customer service, too bad if they want to close the door. Unfortunately I couldn't find her item where she said she was sitting so either someone had already snagged it or that wasn't where she lost the item. BUT, I tried to make it right for the customer...you know, the people keeping the lights on!!
 
Sad sight.

34 Spirit planes stored here at MZJ.

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60 Spirit planes stored at GYR, and 2 Spirit planes stored at TUS. There were 4 at P08, but they were moved to GYR and part of the group there.

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I’ll have to check IGM when I get up to there to see if any ended up there.
 
Dont know if you can use this site Airbus Hamburg Finkenwerder News to see about where planes are stored. It gives the status of every Airbus plane thats been delivered to Spirit if you're interested in where they are. It seems like the majority are at GYR and MZJ being mainly 320NEOs a P08 being the 319s. the only other place that seems to have parked planes is DTW, nothing in IGM that i see from skimming the planes.

The Spirit fleet now seems to consist mostly of 320ceos and 321ceos, the only neos that are in service are the 321neos delivered within the last year. the majority of all of the neos delivered between 2016 and 2024 have been parked.
 
woodreau said:
The Spirit fleet now seems to consist mostly of 320ceos and 321ceos, the only neos that are in service are the 321neos delivered within the last year. the majority of all of the neos delivered between 2016 and 2024 have been parked.
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The pilot unit costs are lower on the 321s, so it makes a certain sense to keep those airplanes. I would surmise (I admit, I no longer pay attention) that the 320Neos are mostly all down for engine work, still.
 
MikeD said:
Spirit to sell 20 jets, recalls 500 FAs from furlough.

These 20 jets, are they from the 100 already sitting in storage here in AZ, or are the in addition to those?

www.cnbc.com

Spirit Airlines sells more planes, calls back 500 flight attendants from furlough ahead of spring break

Spirit Airlines said it sold another 20 planes and is calling back 500 flight attendants from furlough.
www.cnbc.com www.cnbc.com
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It says the aircraft in question are not in service. So from storage, mostly. But who knows from where…
 
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