Spirit
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The Knee-Crunching Saddle Seat is a Good Idea, But it Won’t Fly
Ok, so I didn’t actually take the new saddle seat for a test ride. I mean, it was a static display in…
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Cranky on the Web (June 21-25)
Horizon Air Backs Out of California and Into a Box of Its Own Making – BNET Horizon has made some big schedule…
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Cranky on the Web (June 14-18)
ExpressJet’s New CEO Targets Costs to Fix the Airline. Duh – BNET ExpressJet’s new CEO is trying to make his mark by…
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Pilot Strike Could Be the End of Spirit As We Know Them
I hope everyone had a good weekend. Of course, if you had plane tickets on Spirit, it was far from it. The…
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AirTran, BNET, Continental, Frontier, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Mesa Airlines, Southwest, Spirit, United, US Airways
Cranky on the Web (May 17 – 21)
Union-Vote Rule Change: Bad News for Non-Union Delta, JetBlue – BNET The National Mediation Board made some rule changes recently and it…
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Carry-On Guide for Misinformed Senators
Wondering why I’m posting on a Sunday? Well, it’s to welcome Washington Post readers to the site. See, today I had an…
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Cranky on the Web (April 5 – 9)
Even April Fools’ Can’t Stop Southwest Talking About Bag Fees – BNET If you haven’t seen Southwest’s April Fools’ joke, it’s a…
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DOT Fines Spirit for All Sorts of Violations
Spirit is one of those airlines that people seem to love to hate, and now the government is getting in on the…
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787, Baggage, BNET, Boeing, Customer Service, Delta, Mergers/Finance, Spirit, United, US Airways, Virgin America
In the Loop Radio Guest and This Week on BNET (July 6 – 10)
I’m hijacking my usual “This Week on BNET” post with a brief plug. Minnesota Public Radio puts out a weekly podcast called…
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Accidents/Incidents, BNET, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Labor Relations, Mergers/Finance, Spirit, United, US Airways, Virgin America
This Week on BNET (May 11 – 15)
ExpressJet To Fly 10 Planes for United This Summer Looks like ExpressJet is flying for United this summer, and it seems like…
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Spirit Adds a PUF When You Buy a Ticket
A piece in the Wall Street Journal yesterday noted that Spirit is planning to start charging a PUF, or Passenger Usage Fee,…
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Spirit Wants Ads on Flight Attendants, I Say “Why Not?”
Spirit has been pretty quiet lately, and that should scare all of us. This is an airline that thrives on getting itself…