Spirit Furloughing

Soul Brotha' said:
A couple of decades ago I worked for the fueling company at JFK. I was a dispatcher and would get calls for from various airlines. One evening I get a call from some head honcho at some bank and tells me to cut off National Airlines(the revamped one that flew 757s). At the time the airline was in bankruptcy. They sent an official letter via fax a few minutes later. About 30 minutes later I get a call from the National station manager begging to fuel them because they needed to get the two planes back to LAS. My manager told me the only way they would get any fuel is they paid cash.
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It used to be a right of passage in the biz to be refused fuel on credit at least once.

Buddy of mine at the scooters was refused fuel by his own wife, who was working at the FBO.
 
Richman said:
It used to be a right of passage in the biz to be refused fuel on credit at least once.

Buddy of mine at the scooters was refused fuel by his own wife, who was working at the FBO.
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Years ago at the end of the check flying days the shop I worked for owed money to everyone. One night a friend calls up and says the FBO has parked the fuel truck in front of his MU-2 and aren’t moving it until we pay the bill. After a few phone calls up the chain it did get moved but I know the whole bill never did get paid because after our bankruptcy and subsequent rebirth under a new name that FBO’s managers used to complain to all of us about how we still owed them 80 grand.
 
Maximilian_Jenius said:
Do you think that they're more open agree to an acquisition, merger with Frontier now?
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I imagine that the parts are worth more than the whole, which is why we're seeing at least one leasing company trying to recover their assets.

It would be cheaper for other airlines to acquire the assets they desire piecemeal through asset sales or forfeiture than it would be to purchase the airline whole.
 
BobDDuck said:
This is one of the first Chapter 11 visits due to lessors getting worried. Normally it's the Credit Card companies withholding money because they are worried about not getting their ACH fees. That or fuel vendors in the hub refusing the pump gas they don't think they will get paid for.
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Yeah, I was sure they'd hit that minimum liquidity requirement (this was the mean bear in the corner, last time), but apparently (I don't attend to these affairs as closely as I used to) they squeaked away from that as described above.

Soul Brotha' said:
A couple of decades ago I worked for the fueling company at JFK. I was a dispatcher and would get calls for from various airlines. One evening I get a call from some head honcho at some bank and tells me to cut off National Airlines(the revamped one that flew 757s). At the time the airline was in bankruptcy. They sent an official letter via fax a few minutes later. About 30 minutes later I get a call from the National station manager begging to fuel them because they needed to get the two planes back to LAS. My manager told me the only way they would get any fuel is they paid cash.
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The shrinkage to profitability begins / continues?

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Network Adjustments ​



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As we shared in earlier messages, we’re focusing on key markets to provide more destinations, frequencies and enhanced connectivity in our focus cities. This means we are reducing our presence in certain markets.
These decisions, while difficult, are driven by route profitability and are necessary to better position our airline. We will discontinue service to the following markets, effective the week of Oct. 2:

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  • Albuquerque (ABQ)
  • Birmingham (BHM)
  • Boise (BOI)
  • Chattanooga (CHA)
  • Columbia (CAE)
  • Oakland (OAK)
  • Portland (PDX)
  • Sacramento (SMF)
  • Salt Lake City (SLC)
  • San Diego (SAN)
  • San Jose (SJC)

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Additionally, we will not move forward with service at Macon (MCN) that was set to begin Oct. 16. Guests impacted by these changes will have the option to be reaccommodated or receive refunds for the affected reservations.
We thank our partners in these communities who have supported us over the years.

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Richman said:
Someone was really going to serve Macon?
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Off topic, but Silver Airways flew into Macon (they used it to connect the Florida system with the Atlanta system)- the FA was born and bread south Florida, had never heard of Macon, and upon landing proudly announced we had made it to “Macooon, Georgia”. None of the three people on the plane had the heart to tell her.
 
statusseeker1 said:
Off topic, but Silver Airways flew into Macon (they used it to connect the Florida system with the Atlanta system)- the FA was born and bread south Florida, had never heard of Macon, and upon landing proudly announced we had made it to “Macooon, Georgia”. None of the three people on the plane had the heart to tell her.
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They used to have a hockey team called the “Whoopies”
 
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