The Deuce: lol this isn’t about tourist ridership

Spirit Airlines shuts down operations. - Carl Spackler May 2, 2026, 5:57:18

Love seeing Elizabeth Warren getting blame* - JeffFrank May 4, 2026, 15:46:14
- Why exactly is she being blamed? - Dilbert May 4, 2026, 16:03:34
- I didn't realize she was the CEO of the airline. Pretty good for a lady from the reservation.* - ATL May 4, 2026, 15:46:51
  - I admire a good racist+sexist comment disguised as a compliment* - bbonb May 4, 2026, 15:54:27
  - Who is more Native American, Markwayne or Pocahontas?* - Sounder May 4, 2026, 15:52:23
I'm thankful that my trip to Tokyo was booked in early February. I just looked up current airfare - doubledown May 4, 2026, 12:01:14
- Yeah, we booked our flights to India/Thailand back then too. I just hope they have jet fuel. - ATL May 4, 2026, 12:12:10
  - Sure would hate to get stuck there. * - doubledown May 4, 2026, 12:17:02
    - Look, if I get stuck in Phuket, it's not the worst thing in the world - ATL May 4, 2026, 12:24:03
      - They don’t have daytime over there?* - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 13:41:16
        
        presumably not during US business hours* - Gene Parmesan May 4, 2026, 15:05:03
        
        I should have included a ;-) or other sarcasm indicator.* - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 15:14:34
        
        I also should have known better :)* - Gene Parmesan May 4, 2026, 15:54:41
oOo - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 10:27:59
- Someone tweeted a picture of a spirit airplane with a Spirit Halloween livery - illini21 May 4, 2026, 11:12:00
  - Was it me? - Dilbert May 4, 2026, 11:30:52
- the biggest bummer in all of this - Sounder May 4, 2026, 10:53:01
  - may you perpetually sit next to a 350-pound nonbinary furry - Sammich May 4, 2026, 11:27:23
    - By and large, furries are bi and large* - gvibes May 4, 2026, 12:57:53
    - You forgot their emotional support peacock* - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 11:29:31
  - Hopefully they mostly flock to Southwest and Frontier* - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 11:01:16
    - Ooo - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 11:28:03
      - No argument there.... - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 14:34:09
        
        Yeah. Just moved back to Colorado and needing to make the decision between SW and United. - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 14:53:45
        
        I'm about as loyal to Alaska Airlines as any other company in any category* - Sounder May 4, 2026, 15:53:46
      - assigned seating, bag fees - Sammich May 4, 2026, 11:30:46
        
        Flew them this past weekend. Other than no “first class” seats, it was pretty much the same as - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 11:33:14
        
        I would agree with that - Sammich May 4, 2026, 11:38:24
        
        In addition to no first class seat options, no lounges, no significant international routes or - DocWalk20 May 4, 2026, 11:52:51
        
        My only issue with them was always the no assigned seat aspect* - Sounder May 4, 2026, 12:06:41
        
        That was my favorite part because I was A-List. I always got a great seat.... - Tuscy May 4, 2026, 12:09:54
        
        Here's the thing - Sounder May 4, 2026, 12:16:06
        
        Maybe, but at the time it was quite a bit less. * - Tuscy May 4, 2026, 12:57:46
        
        For starters, other airlines have first class upgrades* - Sounder May 4, 2026, 12:59:16
- welp, looks like it's little caesars for supper tonight - lcubed May 4, 2026, 10:50:07
i read an article that claimed flying makes very little money these days. it’s all about - Ari Gold May 3, 2026, 11:40:11
- I find that very easy to believe* - opossum jenkins May 3, 2026, 18:28:40
(no subject) - opossum jenkins May 2, 2026, 22:22:53
I was at DFW at 0500 this morning, gazing upon the Spirit ramp. - opossum jenkins May 2, 2026, 22:22:53
- I remember the same thing with ValueJet at Atlanta in 1996. - KingTalkyTiki May 3, 2026, 12:12:56
  - Atlanta 1996... Trying to get home from AIT and the Olympics were going on - Taz May 4, 2026, 3:15:52
    - Flying home from Savannah I always had to connect there. - KingTalkyTiki May 4, 2026, 10:50:32
- They haven’t had that Spirit there since 2026.* - DT May 3, 2026, 7:17:04
  - We haven’t had that Spirit here since 1969* - NastyBoyd May 3, 2026, 20:41:28
    - Thank god someone was willing to explain this joke.* - complainant May 4, 2026, 0:44:36
Economists: why are airlines suffering due to the increase in fuel costs? - bbonb May 2, 2026, 16:58:12
- Airline flight demand is more elastic than driving. People will substitute. - illiniranger May 3, 2026, 12:43:52
  - makes sense* - bbonb May 3, 2026, 13:22:40
- especially when you consider how low fares are on an inflation adjusted basis.* - Ari Gold May 3, 2026, 11:41:45
  - prior to deregulation in ‘74, the cheapest NYC-LA flight was $1400* - bbonb May 3, 2026, 12:21:49
I once took a 6am Spirit flight from LGA to MIA - CWR10 May 2, 2026, 15:52:32
If this is the price of freedom, then I say put me in chains* - OB25 May 2, 2026, 11:35:57
- do you mind if I watch?* - bbonb May 2, 2026, 17:03:53
Blocking that merger was dumb.* - nash May 2, 2026, 9:49:16
- The whole industry is dumb. Bk is just part of the life cycle * - gvibes May 2, 2026, 15:02:01
  - This country needs high speed rail * - ATL May 2, 2026, 16:40:35
    - Show me a land owner cool with imminent domain declarations and no residuals… - opossum jenkins May 3, 2026, 18:32:26
      - Autocorrect?* - complainant May 3, 2026, 18:39:29
    - Terrible idea. Economics don’t exist. Look at failed project in Florida - FidelGoodell May 2, 2026, 20:27:01
      - How many times have we bailed out the airlines in your lifetime? Also Brightline was designed for - ATL May 3, 2026, 7:01:11
        
        lol this isn’t about tourist ridership - FidelGoodell May 3, 2026, 7:54:30
        
        "no source to repay" = "ridership below budgeted estimates"* - ATL May 3, 2026, 18:44:01
    - we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again* - bbonb May 2, 2026, 17:03:17
      - He really sucked * - ATL May 2, 2026, 17:42:09
        
        Smartest man ever to hold the office? - complainant May 3, 2026, 14:03:33
        
        Current occupant excluded of course - ATL May 3, 2026, 17:32:56
Save us Donald you’re our only hope* - lcubed May 2, 2026, 7:22:36
- Is this a W? Although the ask was only $500 mil iirc. Chump change in the grand scheme.* - Toonces May 2, 2026, 9:54:31
  - What’s in the national interest to bail out spirit airlines?* - ATL May 2, 2026, 10:00:59
    - Poor people deserve transport too. I’m actually with the orange man here so whatevs.* - Toonces May 2, 2026, 10:40:12
      - At the price-sensitive end of the market there's Allegient, Breeze, Frontier, and Southwest. - ATL May 2, 2026, 10:48:58
        
        Southwest doesn't belong in this grouping. - complainant May 2, 2026, 12:42:16
        
        correct. they’ve basically been turned into a legacy airline.* - Ari Gold May 2, 2026, 13:16:54
        
        We will see. They’re all getting equally F’d in the A by fuel costs given our Mideast adventurism.* - Toonces May 2, 2026, 11:46:26
        
        Sure. But they were in huge trouble before this and I’m into throwing good money after tens of - ATL May 2, 2026, 12:05:06
        
        Agree, but it is just an unfortunate sign of what’s to come imo. Looking forward to paying - Toonces May 2, 2026, 12:26:01
- dots - ghost_of_clt May 2, 2026, 8:00:45
- Check must not have cleared* - Herman Blume May 2, 2026, 7:38:44
Zero lost planes. Zero deaths. - Dilbert May 2, 2026, 7:13:04
- Except for the people who die a little bit every time they have to fly spirit - ATL May 2, 2026, 7:35:42
  - Have you ever flown on Spirit?* - complainant May 2, 2026, 12:15:19
    - Only sky team airlines for me * - ATL May 2, 2026, 12:30:12
      - It's too bad there's no class in law school about accepting gossip at face value.* - complainant May 2, 2026, 12:39:34
        
        it kind of sucks. they use chairs, not seats.* - memyselfandillini May 2, 2026, 14:42:12
        
        No But there was a class in research. - ATL May 2, 2026, 13:51:32
        
        Mine was called "Evidence." It had rules about accepting third-hand information. - complainant May 2, 2026, 14:32:04
        
        I have flown both Spirit and Frontier before - Sounder May 4, 2026, 12:22:11
        
        Did you fly through the fucking sky in your fucking chair, amazingly??!* - Warrin'_Illini May 4, 2026, 12:34:13

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